Is Braemoor Viennese pork escalopes ultra-processed?

500g Pork 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:

Glucose
Glucose syrup

12 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed pork

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 68%, Breadcrumb Coating (Wheat Flour, Wheat Starch (processing marker), Salt (processing marker), Yeast, Spices, Citrus Fruit), Rapeseed Oil, Water, Salt (processing marker), Glucose Syrup (ultra-processing marker)

As written on the pack

Pork 68%, Breadcrumb Coating (Wheat Flour, Wheat Starch, Salt, Yeast, Spices, Dried Citrus Fruit), Rapeseed Oil, Water, Salt, Glucose Syrup.

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

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.

2 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.

Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 201 pork

From least to most processed, this one ranks 138th. 49% of the pork 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 201 pork, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489436454, last edited 27 March 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.