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Is The Fishmonger Buttermilk Fish Fillet Burgers ultra-processed?

227g Fish fillets Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of The Fishmonger Buttermilk Fish Fillet Burgers

Yes, it's ultra-processed

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

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 46 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed fish fillets

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

alaska pollock (Theragra chalcogramma), Batter (Water, Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Wheat Starch, Buttermilk Powder, Skimmed Milk Powder, Garlic, Yeast Extract, Onion, Acid (Citric Acid), Salt, Flavouring, Rapeseed Oil, Cayenne Pepper, Black Pepper Extract), Breadcrumbs (Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Red Bell Pepper, Yeast, Salt, Rapeseed Oil), Rapeseed Oil, Durum Wheat Semolina, Wheat Gluten, Buttermilk Powder, Skimmed Milk Powder, Salt, Onion, Garlic, Yeast Extract, Acid (Citric Acid), Flavouring

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

ALASKA POLLOCK (Theragra chalcogramma) (66%) (Fish), Batter [Water, Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Wheat Starch, Buttermilk Powder, Skimmed Milk Powder, Garlic Powder, Yeast Extract, Onion Powder, Acid: Citric Acid; Salt, Flavouring (contains Milk), Rapeseed Oil, Cayenne Pepper, Black Pepper Extract], Breadcrumbs [Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Red Bell Pepper Powder, Yeast, Salt, Rapeseed Oil], Rapeseed Oil, Durum Wheat Semolina, Wheat Gluten, Buttermilk Powder, Skimmed Milk Powder, Salt, Onion Powder, Garlic Powder, Yeast Extract, Acid: Citric Acid; Flavouring (contains Milk).

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.

  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.

  • Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
4 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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sandwiches Products in the category "Sandwiches" are at least group 3.
  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 174 fish fillets

From least to most processed, this one ranks 141st. 32% of the fish fillets 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 174 fish fillets, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600121062, 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.