Is Kingsfood Hot Dogs in Brine 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
- 4 additives
- Nutri-Score C
Less processed sausages
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
hot dogs (chicken 65%, water), starch (processing marker), chicken collagen, salt (processing marker), beef collagen, spices, stabilisers (e451 (ultra-processing marker), e452 (ultra-processing marker)), herbs, thickener (ultra-processing marker) (e412 (ultra-processing marker)), spice extracts, smoke flavour (ultra-processing marker), preservative (processing marker) (e250 (processing marker)), brine (water), salt (processing marker), smoke flavour (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E250 Sodium nitrite , E412 Guar gum , E451 Triphosphates , E452 Polyphosphates
As written on the pack
hot dogs: mechanically separated chicken 65%. water, starch, chicken collagen, salt, beef collagen, spices, stabilisers (e451, e452), herbs, thickener (e412), spice extracts, smoke flavour, preservative (e250). brine: water, salt, smoke flavour.
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.
- E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
- E451 Triphosphates Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
- E452 Polyphosphates Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
- Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
Among 337 sausages
From least to most processed, this one ranks 273rd. 80% of the sausages here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5010431004152, last edited 19 May 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.