Is Asda exceptional 6 Cumberland pork sausages with cracked black pepper ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 27 ingredients
- 2 additives
- Nutri-Score C
Less processed sausages
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
pork 85%, nut water, rice flour, chickpea flour, salt (processing marker), product cracked black pepper, dextrose (ultra-processing marker), white pepper, typical black pepper, herbs, cornflour, grille, nutmeg, energy preservative (sodium energy metabisulphite), mace, onion, fat stabiliser (diphosphates (ultra-processing marker)), antioxidant of whi (sodium ascorbate), sausage casing (calcium alginate (ultra-processing marker)), flavours (ultra-processing marker), hydrogenated fat (ultra-processing marker), carbo of whi fibre prote warning this product salt contains raw meat, not 100% happy? tri=
Additives: E404 Calcium alginate , E450 Diphosphates
As written on the pack
pork (85%), nut water, rice flour, chickpea flour, salt, product cracked black pepper, dextrose (contains sulphites), white pepper, typical black pepper, herbs, cornflour (grille (contains sulphites), nutmeg, energy preservative (sodium energy metabisulphite), mace, onion powder, fat stabiliser (diphosphates), antioxidant of whi (sodium ascorbate), sausage casing [calcium alginate]. allergy advice! for allergens, see ingredients in bold. no artificial colours, flavours or hydrogenated fat. carbo of whi fibre prote warning this product salt contains raw meat. not 100% happy? tri=
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Hydrogenated fat An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
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.
- 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.
Among 337 sausages
From least to most processed, this one ranks 295th. 80% of the sausages here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5063089485712, last edited 4 July 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 C (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.