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Is Alpenfest style Münchner Weißwurst ultra-processed?

300g+51g German sausages Sold in the United Kingdom, Croatia and 3 more countries

Pack of Alpenfest style Münchner Weißwurst

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:

  • 23 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed german sausages

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

Pork Sausage (Pork 75%, Water, Pork Fat, Pork Rind, Parsley, iodised Salt (Salt, Potassium iodate), Spices, Spice Extracts, Dextrose, Diphosphates), Sweet Mustard (Water, Brown Sugar (Sugar, Glucose Syrup, Sugar Cane), Mustard Seeds, Spirit Vinegar, Spices), Filled into Natural Pork Casings

Additives: E450 Diphosphates

As written on the pack

Pork Sausage (75% Pork, Water, Pork Fat, Cooked Pork Rind, Parsley, iodised Salt (Salt, Potassium iodate), Spices, Spice Extracts, Dextrose, Stabiliser: Diphosphates), Sweet Mustard (Water, Brown Sugar [Sugar, Glucose Syrup, Sugar Cane Molasses], Mustard Seeds, Spirit Vinegar, Spices). Filled into Natural Pork Casings.

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.

  • 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.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
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 12 german sausages

From least to most processed, this one ranks 9th. 83% of the german sausages 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 12 german sausages, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 20035167, last edited 13 September 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.