Is Goikoa Chorizo De Navarra ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 12 ingredients
- 3 additives
Less processed meats and their products
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Chicken Tenders
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15 ingredients · no additives
NOVA group
1
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Mr Ridiculously Good's Smooth Tomato Bolognese
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15 ingredients · no additives
NOVA group
1
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Buttermilk Chicken Tenders
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16 ingredients · 2 additives
NOVA group
1
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Taste Buds Chicken Teddies
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12 ingredients · no additives
NOVA group
1
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
pork, salt (processing marker), paprika 2%, smoked paprika 1%, garlic, preservatives (processing marker) (sodium nitrate (processing marker)), potassium nitrate (processing marker), antioxidants (rosemary extract), filled into a natural pork casing, moisture is lost during curing and maturation
Additives: E251 Sodium nitrate , E252 Potassium nitrate , E392 Extracts of rosemary
As written on the pack
pork, salt, paprika (2%), smoked paprika (1%), garlic, preservatives: sodium nitrate, potassium nitrate, antioxidants: rosemary extract, filled into a natural pork casing, prepared with 155g of pork per 100g of product, moisture is lost during curing and maturation
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.
- 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.
- 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.
Category rules
Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.
- Prepared meats Products in the category "Prepared meats" are at least group 3.
Among 26 chorizos
From least to most processed, this one ranks 9th. 65% of the chorizos here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5010292966682, 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.