Is Marks and Spencer Pork, fennel and chilli sausages ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 25 ingredients
- 2 additives
- Nutri-Score D
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Outdoor Bred Pork 85%, Water Parsley Crumb (Rice Flour Chickpea Flour Cornflour Salt Dextrose), Jalapeño Chilli Salt Roasted Garlic Purée Basil Ground Fennel, Onions Ground Spices (Cayenne Pepper Mace), Stabiliser (e450 Roasted Mushrooms Ginger Nutmeg Pimentoes Tomato Paste Oregano, Mushroom Paste (Water Concentrated Mushrooms Yeast Extract Salt Dried Mushrooms Sugar Flavouring Cornflour), Lemon Zest Garlic Purée Cracked Black Pepper Sundried Tomato Paste (Water, Sunflower Oil Sundried Tomatoes White Wine Vinegar Dried Garlic, Salt Ground Black Pepper Basil Rosemary), Antioxidant), Ascorbic Acid Preservative (e223, Paste, Water Salt Yeast Extract Dried Carrot Juice Onions Onion Juice Carrots Leeks Sugar Potato Flakes Dried Leek Juice), Concentrated Mushrooms Cornflour ●, ●, Rapeseed Oil (Vegetable Stock, Thyme Ground White Pepper, Ground Bay Leaves) Cornflour Thyme Dried Porcini Mushrooms)
Additives: E223 Sodium metabisulphite , E450 Diphosphates
As written on the pack
Outdoor Bred Pork (85%) Water Parsley Gluten Free Crumb (Rice Flour Chickpea Flour Cornflour Salt Dextrose). Jalapeño Chilli Salt Roasted Garlic Purée Basil Ground Fennel. Onions Ground Spices (Cayenne Pepper Mace) Stabiliser: E450 Roasted Mushrooms Ginger Nutmeg Pimentoes Tomato Paste Oregano. . . . Mushroom Paste (Water Concentrated Mushrooms Yeast Extract Salt Dried Mushrooms Sugar Flavouring Cornflour) Lemon Zest Garlic Purée Cracked Black Pepper Sundried Tomato Paste (Water. Sunflower Oil Sundried Tomatoes White Wine Vinegar Dried Garlic - . . . Salt Ground Black Pepper Basil Rosemary) Antioxidant: Ascorbic Acid Preservative: E223 (Sulphites) Paste (Water Salt Yeast Extract Dried Carrot Juice Onions Onion Juice Carrots Leeks Sugar Potato Flakes Dried Leek Juice - Concentrated Mushrooms Cornflour ● . . • ● • • Rapeseed Oil: Vegetable Stock Dried . Thyme Ground White Pepper. Ground Bay Leaves) Cornflour Thyme Dried Porcini Mushrooms. .
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.
- E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
2 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.
- Prepared meats Products in the category "Prepared meats" are at least group 3.
- Sausages Products in the category "Sausages" are at least group 3.
Among 55 pork sausages
From least to most processed, this one ranks 10th. 89% of the pork sausages here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 29253586, 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.