Is Golden Island Korean BBQ PORK ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 22 ingredients
- 5 additives
- Nutri-Score E
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
pork, water, brown sugar (processing marker), soy sauce (processing marker), sugar (processing marker), sesame seeds, sesame oil (processing marker), garlic, onion, ginger, black pepper, red pepper, salt (processing marker), citric acid, natural flavors (ultra-processing marker), apple cider vinegar, yeast extract, maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), xanthan gum (ultra-processing marker), sodium nitrite (processing marker), sodium erythorbate, potassium sorbate (processing marker)
Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E250 Sodium nitrite , E316 Sodium erythorbate , E330 Citric acid , E415 Xanthan gum
As written on the pack
pork, water, brown sugar, soy sauce, sugar, sesame seeds, sesame oil, garlic, onion, ginger, black pepper, red pepper, salt, citric acid, natural flavors, apple cider vinegar, yeast extract, maltodextrin, xanthan gum, sodium nitrite, sodium erythorbate, potassium sorbate
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.
- E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
Substances rarely used in home kitchens
Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.
- Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
6 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
- Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0017082009579, last edited 19 April 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.