Is Heck 6 Sausage Rashers ultra-processed?

300g Pork 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:

E450 Diphosphates

15 ingredients
3 additives
Nutri-Score C

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

British Pork 97%, Water, Seasoning (Salt (processing marker), Rice Flour, Dried Onion, Sugar (processing marker), Spices, Preservative (processing marker) (Sodium SULPHITE), Yeast Extract, Stabilisers (Diphosphates (ultra-processing marker)), Antioxidant (Ascorbic Acid))

Additives: E221 Sodium sulphite , E300 Ascorbic acid , E450 Diphosphates

As written on the pack

British Pork (97%), Water, Seasoning (Salt, Rice Flour, Dried Onion, Sugar, Spices, Preservative (Sodium SULPHITE)**. Yeast Extract, Stabilisers (Diphosphates), Antioxidant (Ascorbic Acid)).

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.

E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.

5 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.

Prepared meats Products in the category "Prepared meats" are at least group 3.
Sausages Products in the category "Sausages" are at least group 3.
Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 201 pork

From least to most processed, this one ranks 131st. 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 5060317355687, last edited 30 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 C (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.