Is Canterbury Biltong Biltong Original with Coriander & Pepper ultra-processed?

Cooked meats Sold in New Zealand

Pack of Canterbury Biltong Biltong Original with Coriander & Pepper

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 6 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed meats

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

beef, salt (processing marker), sugar (processing marker), spices, herbs, vinegar

As written on the pack

beef, salt, sugar, spices, herbs, vinegar

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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 18 cooked meats

From least to most processed, this one ranks 2nd. 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 9421019339317, last edited 11 February 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.