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Is Dulano Tapas Selection ultra-processed?

120 g Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Dulano Tapas Selection

Yes, it's ultra-processed

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

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 61 ingredients
  • 10 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Jamón Serrano aird dried cured ham, 9 months matured (Pork), Salt, Sugar, Antioxidant (Sodium Ascorbate), Preservatives (Sodium Nitrite), Potassium Nitrate, Chorizo extra, pork sausage, with added milk protein (Pork), Pork Fat, Salt, Milk Protein, Paprika, Maltodextrin, Dextrose, Flavourings, Spices, Stabilisers (Diphosphates), Polyphosphates, Antioxidant (Sodium Ascorbate), Preservatives (Sodium Nitrite), Potassium Nitrate, Natamycin, Potassium Sorbate, Colours (Carmine), Paprika Extract, Chorizo Pamplona, pork sausage, with added milk protein (Pork), Pork Fat, Salt, Maltodextrin, Spices, Skimmed Milk Powder, Dextrose, Milk Protein, Stabilisers (Diphosphates), Polyphosphates, Antioxidants (Sodium Ascorbate), Extracts of Rosemary, Colour (Carmine), Preservatives (Sodium Nitrite), Potassium Nitrate, Natamycin, Potassium Sorbate, for Surface, Treatment

Additives: E120 Cochineal , E160c Paprika extract , E202 Potassium sorbate , E235 Natamycin , E250 Sodium nitrite , E252 Potassium nitrate , E301 Sodium ascorbate , E392 Extracts of rosemary , E450 Diphosphates , E452 Polyphosphates

As written on the pack

Jamón Serrano aird dried cured ham, traditional speciality guaranteed (TSG), 9 months matured: Pork, Salt, Sugar, Antioxidant: Sodium Ascorbate; Preservatives: Sodium Nitrite, Potassium Nitrate. Made with 152g of pork per 100g of finished product. May contain traces of Milk and Soya. Chorizo extra, air dried cured pork sausage, with added milk protein: Pork, Pork Fat, Salt, Milk Protein, Paprika, Maltodextrin, Dextrose, Flavourings, Spices, Stabilisers: Diphosphates, Polyphosphates; Antioxidant: Sodium Ascorbate; Preservatives: Sodium Nitrite, Potassium Nitrate, Natamycin*, Potassium Sorbate*; Colours: Carmine, Paprika Extract. Made with 119g of pork per 100g of finished product. Chorizo Pamplona, air dried cured pork sausage, with added milk protein: Pork, Pork Fat, Salt, Maltodextrin, Spices, Skimmed Milk Powder, Dextrose, Milk Protein, Stabilisers: Diphosphates, Polyphosphates; Antioxidants: Sodium Ascorbate, Extracts of Rosemary; Colour: Carmine; Preservatives: Sodium Nitrite, Potassium Nitrate, Natamycin*, Potassium Sorbate. *for Surface. Treatment. Made with 115g of pork per 100g of finished product.

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.

  • E120 Cochineal Carmine is a red colour made from cochineal insects.
  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
  • 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.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
  • Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
7 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.

  • E202 Potassium sorbate 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.
  • 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.
  • E252 Potassium nitrate 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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489737568, 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.