Is Asda Sliced Cured Ham on the bone ultra-processed?

Cooked 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:

E451 Triphosphates
E452 Polyphosphates

8 ingredients
4 additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed cooked meats

Breakfast Pork Patties Oakhurst 13 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3
Taste The Difference Finely Sliced Yorkshire Cured Ham Sainsbury's 7 ingredients · 2 additives NOVA group 3
Taste the Difference Honey Roast 8 Finely Sliced Yorkshire Cured British Ham Slices Taste the difference 11 ingredients · 2 additives NOVA group 3
Rare roast beef Marks & Spencer 3 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3

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, Salt (processing marker), Stabilisers (Triphosphates (ultra-processing marker), Potassium Phosphates, Polyphosphates (ultra-processing marker)), Preservative (processing marker) (Sodium Nitrite (processing marker))

Additives: E250 Sodium nitrite , E340 Potassium phosphates , E451 Triphosphates , E452 Polyphosphates

As written on the pack

Pork, Salt, Stabilisers (Triphosphates, Potassium Phosphates, Polyphosphates), Preservative (Sodium Nitrite)

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.

E451 Triphosphates Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
E452 Polyphosphates Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.

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.

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.
Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 18 cooked meats

From least to most processed, this one ranks 14th. 56% of the cooked 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 18 cooked meats, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5063089125052, last edited 23 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.