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Is Young's Lightly Dusted Sea Salt & Cracked Black Pepper Basa Fillets ultra-processed?

2 Breaded fish Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Young's Lightly Dusted Sea Salt & Cracked Black Pepper Basa Fillets

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:

  • 20 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed breaded fish

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

Basa Fillet 73%, Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin (B3), Thiamin (B1)), Rapeseed Oil, Rice Flour, Polenta Flour, Cornflour, Sea Salt, Skimmed Milk, Black Pepper, Onion, Garlic, Yeast, Salt

As written on the pack

Basa Fillet (73%) (Fish), Wheat Flour [Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin (B3), Thiamin (B1)], Rapeseed Oil, Rice Flour, Polenta Flour, Cornflour, Sea Salt, Dried Skimmed Milk. Black Pepper, Onion Powder, Garlic Powder, Yeast, Salt.

What makes it processed

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 163 breaded fish

From least to most processed, this one ranks 31st. 77% of the breaded fish 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 163 breaded fish, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000205046990, last edited 19 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.