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Is Ember Beef cuts chilli rub ultra-processed?

25g Beef preparations Sold in the United Kingdom and Spain

Pack of Ember Beef cuts chilli rub

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
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed beef preparations

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 used for every 100g of biltong, salt, coriander, spirit vinegar, garlic, pepper, nutmeg, cloves, chilli, preservatives (sodium nitrate), potassium sorbate

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E251 Sodium nitrate

As written on the pack

220g of beef used for every 100g of biltong. salt, coriander, distilled spirit vinegar, garlic, pepper, nutmeg, ground cloves, chilli, preservatives: sodium nitrate, potassium sorbate.

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.

Preservation and traditional processing

Keep food safe or ferment it, like preservatives and cultures. A sign of processing, not ultra-processing.

  • 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.
  • E251 Sodium 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 40 beef preparations

From least to most processed, this one ranks 22nd. 45% of the beef preparations 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 40 beef preparations, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060534670051, 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.