Is Asda Reduced fat Brussels pate ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 29 ingredients
- 5 additives
- Nutri-Score D
Less processed pork Pâtés
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Pork Liver 40%, Water, Pork Rind, Chicken Skin, Pork Fat 7%, Pork 7%, Tapioca Starch (processing marker), Salt (processing marker), Potato Fibre (ultra-processing marker), Sugar (processing marker), Dried Onion, Tomato, Acidity Regulators (Sodium Acetate, Citric Acid), Pork Protein, Spices, Antioxidant (Ascorbic Acid), Brandy, Preservative (processing marker) (Sodium Nitrite (processing marker)), less fat than a standard equivalent 30%, flavours (ultra-processing marker), hydrogenated fat (ultra-processing marker), WARNING Not advised for pregnant women due to very concentrated vitamin A content, Contains alcohol, HOW TO PREPARE Ready to eat, STORAGE Keep refrigerated
Additives: E250 Sodium nitrite , E262 Sodium acetates , E262i Sodium acetate , E300 Ascorbic acid , E330 Citric acid
As written on the pack
Pork Liver (40%), Water, Pork Rind, Chicken Skin, Pork Fat (7%), Pork (7%), Tapioca Starch, Salt, Potato Fibre, Sugar, Dried Onion, Tomato Powder, Acidity Regulators (Sodium Acetate, Citric Acid), Pork Protein, Spices, Antioxidant (Ascorbic Acid), Brandy, Preservative (Sodium Nitrite). May contain nuts. **30% less fat than a standard equivalent. NO ARTIFICIAL COLOURS, FLAVOURS OR HYDROGENATED FAT. WARNING Not advised for pregnant women due to very concentrated vitamin A content. Contains alcohol. HOW TO PREPARE Ready to eat. STORAGE Keep refrigerated.
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.
- Hydrogenated fat An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
- 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.
6 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.
- E250 Sodium nitrite Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
- Prepared meats Products in the category "Prepared meats" are at least group 3.
- Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
Among 24 pork Pâtés
From least to most processed, this one ranks 16th. 92% of the pork Pâtés here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5050854447310, last edited 1 April 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.