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Is Tesco Prawn cocktail ultra-processed?

Cooked Prawns Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Tesco Prawn cocktail

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:

  • 29 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed prawns

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

Prawn, Rapeseed Oil, Double Cream, Pasteurised Egg Yolk, Sugar, Salt, Tomato Paste, Brandy, Sherry, Worcestershire Sauce, Water, Sugar, Spirit Vinegar, Molasses, Onion, Salt, Tamarind Paste, Clove, Ginger, Garlic Puréel, Spirit Vinegar, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Cornflour, Mustard, White Pepper, Made using prawns caught in the North-West Atlantic and NE Atlantic, Iceland, Also, 10 1178 285k Fat 25

As written on the pack

Prawn (Crustacean) (54%), Rapeseed Oil, Double Cream (Milk), Pasteurised Egg Yolk, Sugar, Salt, Tomato Paste, Brandy, Sherry, Worcestershire Sauce [Water, Sugar, Spirit Vinegar, Molasses, Onion Purée, Salt, Tamarind Paste, Clove, Ginger Purée, Garlic Puréel, Spirit Vinegar, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Cornflour, Mustard Flour, White Pepper. Made using prawns caught in the North-West Atlantic and NE Atlantic - Iceland. Allergy Advice For allergens, see ingredients in bold. Also, may contain fish and molluscs. 10 1178 285k Fat 25

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

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

  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

Culinary ingredients

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

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 8 cooked Prawns

From least to most processed, this one ranks 7th. 0% of the cooked Prawns 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 8 cooked Prawns, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5054402687302, last edited 27 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.