Is Birchwood Mince (Beef) ultra-processed?

44g Sold in the United Kingdom

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Starch
Sugar

9 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score E

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Tomato puree 35%, wheat flour, sugar (processing marker), starch (processing marker), salt (processing marker), onions 9%, yeast extract, garlic 2%, herbs and spices

As written on the pack

Tomato puree powder (35%), wheat flour, sugar, starch, salt, onions (9%), yeast extract, garlic powder (2%), herbs & spices, May contain celery, egg, milk, mustard, soy and other cereals containing gluten

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8712566144365, last edited 23 May 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.