Is Aldi Aberdeen Angus Quarter Pounder ultra-processed?

454g Beef hamburgers Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Dextrose
Flavouring
Glucose

11 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score D

Less processed beef hamburgers

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

british beef 95%, potato starch (processing marker), rice flour, salt (processing marker), yeast extract, dextrose (ultra-processing marker), flavouring (ultra-processing marker), onion powder, sodium metabisulphite, ascorbic acid, onion oil

Additives: E223 Sodium metabisulphite , E300 Ascorbic acid

As written on the pack

british beef (95%), potato starch, rice flour, salt, yeast extract, dextrose, flavouring, onion powder, preservative: sodium metabisulphite, antioxidant: ascorbic acid, onion oil,

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.

Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.

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.
Sandwiches Products in the category "Sandwiches" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 17 beef hamburgers

From least to most processed, this one ranks 16th. 65% of the beef hamburgers 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 17 beef hamburgers, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4061459624588, last edited 6 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.