Is Aldi Skinny beef balls ultra-processed?

340 g Meats 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
Glucose

14 ingredients
1 additive

Less processed meats

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 75%, ?, gram flour, beef stock, beef extract, water, salt (processing marker), ? potato, sea salt (processing marker), black pepper, salt (processing marker), sodium metabisulphite, maize starch (processing marker), dextrose (ultra-processing marker)

Additives: E223 Sodium metabisulphite

As written on the pack

british beef (75%), ?, gram flour, beef stock (beef extract, water, salt, ? potato, sea salt, black pepper, salt, preservative: sodium metabisulphite, maize starch, dextrose

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

2 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,200 meats

From least to most processed, this one ranks 712th. 64% of the meats 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 1,200 meats, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600176017, last edited 19 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.
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.