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Is The Fishmonger Seafood Sticks ultra-processed?

250 g Surimi Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of The Fishmonger Seafood Sticks

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:

  • 19 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

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

surimi 46% (alaska pollock (theragra chalcogramma), hake (merluccius productus), sugar), water, free range egg white, wheat starch, potato starch, rapeseed oil, sugar, salt, flavourings (contain crustacean), colours (paprika extract), carminic acid, free range egg

Additives: E120 Cochineal , E160c Paprika extract

As written on the pack

surimi (46%) [alaska pollock (theragra chalcogramma) (fish) and/or hake (merluccius productus) (fish), sugar], water, reconstituted free range egg white, wheat starch, potato starch, rapeseed oil, sugar, salt, flavourings (contain crustacean), colours: paprika extract, carminic acid, reconstituted free range egg,

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.

  • E120 Cochineal Carmine is a red colour made from cochineal insects.
  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
3 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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 12 surimi

From least to most processed, this one ranks 6th. 100% of the surimi 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 12 surimi, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600058795, last edited 2 August 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.