Smoked Haddock Fillet Fishcakes

Name: Smoked Haddock Fillet Fishcakes
Brand: M&S

M&S

00644075

Processing

Ultra-processed

Group 4 of 4 on the NOVA scale

Additives listed

0 we grade moderate or higher

3 of them not yet assessed here

Fat per 100g

10.50g

Medium

UK FSA front of pack threshold

Three separate readings, kept apart on purpose. This is not a score, and none of it says this product is harmful.

Additives (4)

This label lists 3 colours and 1 thickener or gelling agent.

E100 Curcumin
Yellow colour No real concern strong evidence

What it is. The yellow pigment from turmeric root.

Why it is used. Colours mustards, sauces, dairy, confectionery and savoury snacks.

What the evidence says. A plant pigment people have eaten as a spice for a very long time, and regulators treat it as safe with an acceptable daily intake. EFSA noted that children who eat a lot of the foods it is used in could approach that intake, which is a reason to watch total use rather than a sign of harm.

Regulatory status UK Permitted EU Permitted US Permitted

Permitted with maximum levels in the foods where it is allowed.

Assessed against EFSA, JECFA. Full entry for E100

Also on the label, not assessed here yet

E160C Paprika extract, capsanthin colour
E170 Calcium carbonate colour
E428 Gelatine thickener

Names and jobs come from the register of additives permitted in Great Britain, which we have not finished transcribing: a code shown without a name is a gap in our coverage, not a finding that it is unapproved. Naming one is not grading it either. Full detail appears only where we have an assessment against a named authority, so all of this describes our coverage rather than these additives. Most are common and low concern.

Ingredients

Smoked Haddock (24%) (Haddock (Fish) (98%) Salt Colour: Curcumin, Paprika Extract) Haddock (Fish) (13%) Wheatflour contains Gluten (with Wheatflour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, all Niacin, Thiamin) Potatoes Water Potato Flakes Rapeseed Oil Onions Cheddar Cheese (Milk) Durum Wheat Semolina (contains Gluten) Whole Milk Whipping Cream (Milk) Wheat Starch (contains Gluten) Lemon Juice Wheat Gluten Full Fat Soft Cheese (Milk) Single Cream (Milk) Fish Stock (Fish Bones Carrots. Onions White Wine Parsley Thyme. Ground Black Pepper) Salt Parsley. Cornflour Unsalted Butter (Milk) - Inactive Yeast (contains Barley, Wheat, Gluten) Fish Gelatine. Yeast Garlic Purée Ground White Pepper Colour: Paprika Extract - Black Pepper Extract

As printed on the pack, in the producer's own order: ingredients are listed by weight, so what comes first is most of what is in it. E numbers link to their assessment where we have one.

Processing level

NOVA group 4: Ultra-processed

Industrial formulations with additives, isolates and ingredients you would not cook with at home. The strongest modern evidence links high intake of these to poorer health outcomes.

Nutrients per 100g

Fat

10.50g

Medium

Saturates

3.10g

Medium

Sugars

3.30g

Low

Salt

1.08g

Medium

Judged on the UK FSA front of pack thresholds for solid foods. A dash means the source has no figure, which is not the same as a low one.

Where this came from

Product data from Open Food Facts, which is crowd sourced and can be incomplete or out of date. Photograph from the same source, under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike licence. Our copy is from 17 August 2026: Open Food Facts is checked every night, and a product is rewritten only when its record there has changed, so an older date means the source has not moved rather than that we stopped looking. Something wrong? Correcting it at the source fixes it here and everywhere else that uses the same data. If the problem is one of our additive assessments, tell us.

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