Is Fire pit tesco Minted lamb kebabs ultra-processed?

Lamb meat Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring

14 ingredients
1 additive

Less processed lamb meat

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

Water, potato, rice flour, sugar (processing marker), mint, flavouring (ultra-processing marker), parsley, salt (processing marker), onion, yeast extract, paprika, garlic, sodium metabisulphite, spearmint oil

Additives: E223 Sodium metabisulphite

As written on the pack

Water, dried potato, rice flour, sugar, mint, flavouring, parsley, salt, onion powder, yeast extract, paprika, garlic powder, sodium metabisulphite, spearmint oil.

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.

Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

2 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.

Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 11 lamb meat

From least to most processed, this one ranks 8th. 45% of the lamb meat 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 11 lamb meat, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5059697703348, 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.