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Is Essential Waitrose & Partners Higher Welfare 10 Br ultra-processed?

300 g Pork Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Essential Waitrose & Partners Higher Welfare 10 Br

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:

  • 17 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed pork

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

Pork loin 87%, water, salt, preservatives (sodium nitrate, sodium nitrite), antioxidant (sodium ascorbate), Preparation (Use separate kitchen utensils and surfaces for raw meat and cooked), and wash between uses, Wash hands after handling raw meat, Unwrap and dispose of packaging carefully, All cooking appliances vary This is a guide only, For best results grill, Ensure meat is thoroughly cooked, GRILL CHILLED 5 mins NUTRITION TYPICAL VALUES PER PER 2 AS SOLD 100g SLICES Energy 824 494 Energy kcal 198 119 Fat

Additives: E250 Sodium nitrite , E251 Sodium nitrate

As written on the pack

Pork loin (87%), water, salt, preservatives (sodium nitrate, sodium nitrite), antioxidant (sodium ascorbate) Preparation: Use separate kitchen utensils and surfaces for raw meat and cooked, or wash between uses. Wash hands after handling raw meat. Unwrap and dispose of packaging carefully. All cooking appliances vary This is a guide only. For best results grill. Ensure meat is thoroughly cooked. GRILL CHILLED 5 mins NUTRITION TYPICAL VALUES PER PER 2 AS SOLD 100g SLICES Energy 824 494 Energy kcal 198 119 Fat 14.5g 8.7g

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.

  • 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.
  • 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 201 pork

From least to most processed, this one ranks 60th. 49% of the pork 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 201 pork, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000169170809, 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.