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Is Lidl Brussels pâté ultra-processed?

200 g Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Lidl Brussels pâté

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 36 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Pork Fat, Pork Liver 29%, Pork Broth (Waer, Pork Fat), Cranberries 6% (Cranberries, Sugar, Surlower Oil), Camembert Cheese 6%, Cream, Ric Flour, Salt, Sugar, Dried Onion, Spices, Dried Tomatoes, Derose, Preservative (Sodium Nitrite), Cranberry Decoration (Water, Cranberries, Cranberries, Sugar, Sunflower Oil, Sugar, Pork Gelatine, Thickeners (Agar), Carrageenan, Colour (Carmines), Dextrose), Nutrition Information Typical values per (Energy 1189kJ)

Additives: E120 Cochineal , E250 Sodium nitrite , E406 Agar , E407 Carrageenan , E428 Gelatine

As written on the pack

Pork Fat, 29% Pork Liver, Pork Broth (Waer, Pork Fat), 6% Cranberries ( Cranberries, Sugar, Surlower Oil), 6% Camembert Cheese (Milk), Cream (Milk), Ric Flour, Salt, Sugar, Dried Onion, Spices, Dried Tomatoes, Derose, Preservative: Sodium Nitrite; Cranberry Decoration (Water, Dried Cranberries [Dried Cranberries, Sugar, Sunflower Oil, Sugar, Pork Gelatine, Thickeners: Agar, Carrageenan; Colour: Carmines, Dextrose). Allergy Advice: For allergens, see ingredients in bold. May also contain Nuts. Nutrition Information Typical values per 100g: Energy 1189kJ/

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.

  • E120 Cochineal Carmine is a red colour made from cochineal insects.
  • E406 Agar A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
  • E407 Carrageenan Carrageenan is a thickener and gelling agent extracted from red seaweed, used widely in dairy desserts, plant-based drinks and processed meats.
  • E428 Gelatine Gelatine is a gelling agent made from collagen in animal skin and bones.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.

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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
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.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • 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.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

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About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489064688, 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.
  • 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.