Is Lidl Chilli Kabanossu ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 20 ingredients
- 5 additives
- Nutri-Score E
Less processed sausages
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Pork, Potato Starch (processing marker), Salt (processing marker), Spices (including 1% Chilli), Spice Extracts, Flavourings (ultra-processing marker), Pork Protein, Glucose (ultra-processing marker), Antioxidant (Sodium Ascorbate), Preservative (processing marker) (Sodium Nitrite (processing marker)), Edible Alginate Casing (Gelling Agent (ultra-processing marker) (Sodium Alginate (ultra-processing marker)), Stabilisers (Cellulose (ultra-processing marker)), Calcium Chloride), Filled into Edible Alginate Casings
Additives: E250 Sodium nitrite , E301 Sodium ascorbate , E401 Sodium alginate , E460 Cellulose , E509 Calcium chloride
As written on the pack
Pork, Potato Starch, Salt, Spices (including 1% Chilli), Spice Extracts, Flavourings, Pork Protein, Glucose, Antioxidant: Sodium Ascorbate; Preservative: Sodium Nitrite; Edible Alginate Casing (Gelling Agent: Sodium Alginate; Stabilisers: Cellulose, Calcium Chloride). Filled into Edible Alginate Casings. Made with 185g of pork per 100g of finished product. Allergy Advice May contain Celery, Milk, Mustard, Nuts and Soya
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.
- E401 Sodium alginate 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.
- E460 Cellulose 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.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
- Gelling agent Gelling agents such as pectin, gelatine or carrageenan set liquids into gels and stabilise textures.
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.
- 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.
- 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 281st. 80% of the sausages here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 20858513, 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.