M&S · INGREDIENT FREQUENCY

What's in M&S's products?

We scored 3,245 M&S products from our UK supermarket index (2,373 have a verified NOVA processing score). Here's what shows up most often in their ingredient lists, and how scores are distributed across the shelf.

Score distribution — 2,373 scored M&S products

80+

668

28.2%

60-79

195

8.2%

40-59

406

17.1%

<40

1,104

46.5%

Most common additives in M&S's shelf

% = of M&S products that contain at least one mention of this additive in their ingredient list.

Citric acid (E330) 249 9.6%
Sodium carbonate / bicarb (E500) 190 7.3%
Lecithin (E322) 187 7.2%
E500II 175 6.8%
Mono- and diglycerides (E471) 173 6.7%
Diphosphates (E450) 170 6.6%
E322I 156 6%
Ascorbic acid / Vitamin C (E300) 143 5.5%
E440 103 4%
Paprika extract (E160c) 102 3.9%
E250 82 3.2%
E301 80 3.1%
E422 79 3.1%
E472E 76 2.9%
E503 73 2.8%
Potassium sorbate (E202) 65 2.5%
Xanthan gum (E415) 62 2.4%
E331 60 2.3%
E163 43 1.7%
E270 40 1.5%

Most common ingredients on M&S's shelf

The categorical-tag class includes broad descriptors (water, salt, sugar) alongside ingredients proper. Read these as "what tag-class shows up across the M&S shelf".

Salt 34.5%

Sugar 29.4%

Dairy 24.8%

Water 24.7%

Flour 24.7%

Wheat 19.2%

Rapeseed Oil 17.7%

Seed 15.9%

Wheat Flour 15.1%

Vegetable Oil 14.3%

Juice 12.8%

Fruit Juice 12.7%

Plant 12.3%

Starch 12.1%

Garlic 12%

Corn 11.2%

Pepper 11.2%

Onion 10.9%

Yeast 10.8%

Thiamin 10.1%

Iron 10%

Corn Flour 10%

Sunflower Oil 9.7%

Vinegar 9.4%

Glucose 9.3%