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Is Sainsbury's Smoked Haddock Fishcakes ultra-processed?

290g Fish preparations Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Sainsbury's Smoked Haddock Fishcakes

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 66 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed fish preparations

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Haddock 24% (Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), Salt), Mashed Potato 23%, Potato, Cows' Milk, Butter (Cows' Milk, Salt, Pepper), Water, Breadcrumb 10% (Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Yeast, Salt, Cider Vinegar, Wheat Flour, Starter Culture), Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), Rapeseed Oil, Double Cream (Cows Milk), Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Cheddar Cheese 2% (Cows Milk), Cornflour, Leeks 1%, Paprika, Salt, Fish Stock, Fish (Cod (Gadus morhua), Fish, Anchovy (Engrauldae)), Potato, Salt, Lemon Juice from Concentrate, Dried Onion, Sunflower Oil, Lemon Juice, Black Pepper, English Mustard (Water, Mustard flour, Salt, Sugar, Wheat Flour, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Turmeric), White Pepper, Nutmeg

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Smoked Haddock 24% (Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) (Fish), Salt), Mashed Potato 23% (Potato, Cows' Milk, Butter (Cows' Milk, Salt, Pepper), Water, Breadcrumb 10% (Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Yeast, Salt, Cider Vinegar, Wheat Flour, Starter Culture), Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) (Fish) 7%, Rapeseed Oil, Double Cream (Cows Milk), Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Cheddar Cheese (Cows Milk) 2%, Cornflour, Leeks 1%, Paprika, Salt, Fish Stock (Fish (Rehydrated Cod (Gadus morhua) (Fish), Fish Powder, Anchovy (Engrauldae)(Fish)), Reconstituted Dried Potato, Salt, Lemon Juice from Concentrate, Dried Onion, Sunflower Oil, Lemon Juice, Black Pepper, English Mustard (Water, Mustard flour, Salt, Sugar, Wheat Flour, Acidity Regulator: Citric Acid, Turmeric), White Pepper, Nutmeg

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 209 fish preparations

From least to most processed, this one ranks 54th. 74% of the fish preparations here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 209 fish preparations, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 01773163, last edited 25 July 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
  • NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.