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Is Chicken Liver Paté ultra-processed?

120 g Liver Pâtés Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Chicken Liver Paté

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:

  • 12 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed meats and their products

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

Chicken Liver 42%, Butter (from Cow's Milk), Onions (Dried Onions, Water), Port 2%, Brandy 2%, Herbs and Spices, Garlic, Salt, Pepper ALLERGY ADVICE

As written on the pack

Chicken Liver (42%), Butter (from Cow's Milk), Onions (Dried Onions, Water), Port (2%), Brandy (2%), Herbs & Spices, Garlic, Salt, Pepper ALLERGY ADVICE:

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Prepared meats Products in the category "Prepared meats" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 20 liver Pâtés

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1st. 90% of the liver Pâtés 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 20 liver Pâtés, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060190390232, 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.