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Is Aldi Pork Chipolatas ultra-processed?

375g Chipolatas Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Aldi Pork Chipolatas

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:

  • 18 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed chipolatas

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 pork 90%, Water, Rice Flour, Sea Salt, Onion, Calcium Lactate, Ascorbic Acid, Coriander, Nutmeg, Dextrose, Diphosphates, White Pepper, Sodium Metabisulphite, Bamboo Fibre, Salt, Caramelised Sugar Syrup, Paprika Extract, Calcium Alginate

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E223 Sodium metabisulphite , E327 Calcium lactate , E404 Calcium alginate , E450 Diphosphates

As written on the pack

BRITISH PORK (90%), Water, Rice Flour, Sea Salt, Onion Powder, Calcium Lactate, Ascorbic Acid, Ground Coriander, Ground Nutmeg, Dextrose, Diphosphates, White Pepper, Sodium Metabisulphite, Bamboo Fibre, Salt, Caramelised Sugar Syrup, Paprika Extract, Calcium Alginate.

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.

  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • E327 Calcium lactate Thickeners are substances which increase the viscosity of a foodstuff.
  • E404 Calcium alginate A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.

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.
  • Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
4 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.

  • Prepared meats Products in the category "Prepared meats" are at least group 3.
  • Sausages Products in the category "Sausages" are at least group 3.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 27 chipolatas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 26th. 89% of the chipolatas 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 27 chipolatas, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600018072, last edited 27 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.