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Is Tesco Smooth Smoked Salmon Pate ultra-processed?

100g Salmons Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Tesco Smooth Smoked Salmon Pate

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:

  • 17 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score D

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

Smoked Salmon 26% (Salmon, Salt, Brown Sugar), Full Fat Soft Cheese, Poached Salmon 16% (Salmon, Salt, Brown Sugar), Single Cream, Crème Fraîche, Water, Lemon Juice, Tapioca Starch, Tomato Paste, Salt, Cornflour

As written on the pack

Smoked Salmon (26%) [Salmon (Fish), Salt, Brown Sugar], Full Fat Soft Cheese (Milk), Poached Salmon (16%) [Salmon (Fish), Salt, Brown Sugar], Single Cream (Milk), Crème Fraîche (Milk), Water, Lemon Juice, Tapioca Starch, Tomato Paste, Salt, Cornflour.

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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Prepared meats Products in the category "Prepared meats" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 113 salmons

From least to most processed, this one ranks 82nd. 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 5059697734977, 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.