Is Sainsbury's Taste The Difference 2 Scottish Salmon, Spinach & Cheddar En Croute ultra-processed?

Salmons Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Maltodextrin
E428 Gelatine

56 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score E

Less processed salmons

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

all butter puff pastry 49% (fortified wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), butter (processing marker) (cows' milk), water, salt (processing marker)), salmon (salmo salar), spinach 6%, double cream (cows' milk), cows' milk, water, cheddar cheese (processing marker) (cows' milk), fortified wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), butter (processing marker) (cows' milk), lemon juice, parmigiano reggiano cheese (processing marker) (cows' milk), cornflour, fish stock (fish, salt (processing marker), maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), yeast extract, onion, celery powder, rapeseed oil, leek, carrot powder, white pepper, bay), fish gelatine (ultra-processing marker), chives, lemon juice from concentrate, mustard, salt (processing marker), sugar (processing marker), wheat flour, yellow mustard flour, acidity regulator (citric acid), turmeric, largonr includino cereals

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E428 Gelatine

As written on the pack

all butter puff pastry (49%) (fortified wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), butter (cows' milk), water, salt), salmon (salmo salar) (fish) (28%), spinach (6%), double cream (cows' milk), cows' milk, water, cheddar cheese (cows' milk) (1%), fortified wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), butter (cows' milk) lemon juice, parmigiano reggiano cheese (cows' milk), cornflour, fish stock (fish powder, salt, maltodextrin, yeast extract, onion powder, celery powder, rapeseed oil, leek, carrot powder, white pepper, bay), fish gelatine, chives, lemon juice from concentrate, mustard flour, salt, sugar, wheat flour, yellow mustard flour, acidity regulator: citric acid, turmeric, largonr includino cereals

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

E428 Gelatine Gelatine is a gelling agent made from collagen in animal skin and bones.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.

5 ingredients that would only make it processed

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

Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 113 salmons

From least to most processed, this one ranks 99th. 25% of the salmons 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 113 salmons, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00330329, last edited 5 March 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 E (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.