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Is Lidl Toulouse style pork sausages ultra-processed?

400 g French sausages Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Lidl Toulouse style pork sausages

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:

  • 35 ingredients
  • 6 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

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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 78%, Smoked Bacon 11% (British Pork 10.45%, Sea Salt, Sugar, Preservatives (Sodium Nitrite), Sodium Nitrate, Antioxidant (Sodium Ascorbate)), Water, Red Wine 2%, Parsley, Salt, Dextrose, Sage, Garlic Purée, Marjoram, Nutmeg, White Pepper, Dried Onion, Sage, Stabiliser (Triphosphates), Coriander, Preservative (Sodium Metabisulphite), Antioxidant (Ascorbic Acid, Filled into Calcium Alginate Casings), Safety Warning (Keep raw meat separate from cooked foods, Wash all surfaces), cutting boards, utensils and hands after handling raw meat Cooking Instructions L Typi Ene Fat of w Carbe of wh Fibre Prote Salt

Additives: E223 Sodium metabisulphite , E250 Sodium nitrite , E251 Sodium nitrate , E300 Ascorbic acid , E301 Sodium ascorbate , E451 Triphosphates

As written on the pack

78% British Pork, 11% Dry Cured Smoked Bacon (95% British Pork, Sea Salt, Sugar, Preservatives: Sodium Nitrite, Sodium Nitrate; Antioxidant: Sodium Ascorbate), Water, 2% Red Wine (Sulphites), Parsley, Salt, Dextrose, Sage, Garlic Purée, Marjoram, Ground Nutmeg, Ground White Pepper, Dried Onion, Ground Sage, Stabiliser: Triphosphates; Ground Coriander, Preservative: Sodium Metabisulphite; Antioxidant: Ascorbic Acid. Filled into Calcium Alginate Casings. Allergy Advice: For allergens, see ingredients in bold. Safety Warning: Keep raw meat separate from cooked foods. Wash all surfaces, cutting boards, utensils and hands after handling raw meat Cooking Instructions L Typi Ene Fat of w Carbe of wh Fibre Prote Salt

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.

  • 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.

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.
7 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.
  • E251 Sodium nitrate 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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 34 french sausages

From least to most processed, this one ranks 23rd. 91% of the french sausages 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 34 french sausages, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489296201, 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.