Is just cook by Sainsbury's 21 Day Matured Beef Steaks With Black Garlic Melts ultra-processed?

Steaks Sold in the United Kingdom

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Butter
Salt

13 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed steaks

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

Beef 91%, Black Garlic Butter 9%, Salted Butter (processing marker) (Cows' Milk, Butter (Cows' Milk), Salt (processing marker)), Garlic Purée, Black Garlic, Lemon Juice, Parsley, Sea Salt (processing marker), Black Pepper

As written on the pack

Beef (91%), Black Garlic Butter (9%) (Salted Butter (Cows' Milk) (Butter (Cows' Milk), Salt), Garlic Purée, Black Garlic, Lemon Juice, Parsley, Sea Salt, Black Pepper).

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 16 steaks

From least to most processed, this one ranks 12th. 19% of the steaks 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 16 steaks, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00271479, last edited 4 July 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.