Is Ember Biltong ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 16 ingredients
- 2 additives
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
beef used for every 100g of biltong, salt (processing marker), coriander, spirit vinegar, garlic, pepper, nutmeg, cloves, chilli, preservatives (processing marker) (sodium nitrate (processing marker)), potassium sorbate (processing marker), Made in the UK using beef from the UK and Ireland, an Nutritional info (per 100g per 50g pack WS), Energy
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. Made in the UK using beef from the UK and Ireland. an Nutritional info: per 100g per 50g pack WS - Energy
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.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060534670594, 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.
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.