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Is Marks & Spencers Dinky Pork Sausages ultra-processed?

800g Pork sausages Sold in the United Kingdom and France

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:

  • 10 ingredients
  • 3 additives

Less processed pork sausages

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 Outdoor Bred Pork 76%, Water Roast Pork Stock Extract Cornflour Sugar) Dextrose 3.5%, Water Pork Bones Salt Yeast Honey Pea Fibre Sea Salt Ground Spices (Coriander White Pepper Nutmeg Cayenne Pepper), Dried Onions Stabilisers (e451), e404, Preservative (e223, Flavouring Antioxidant Ascorbic Acid Sunflower Oil Sausages filled into vegetable based casings)

Additives: E223 Sodium metabisulphite , E404 Calcium alginate , E451 Triphosphates

As written on the pack

British Outdoor Bred Pork (76%) Water Roast Pork Stock Extract Cornflour Sugar) Dextrose (3.5%) (Water Pork Bones Salt Yeast Honey Pea Fibre Sea Salt Ground Spices (Coriander White Pepper Nutmeg Cayenne Pepper) Dried Onions Stabilisers: E451, E404 - Preservative: E223 (Sulphites) Flavouring Antioxidant Ascorbic Acid Sunflower Oil Sausages filled into vegetable based casings.

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.

  • E404 Calcium 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.
  • 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.
3 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.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 55 pork sausages

From least to most processed, this one ranks 18th. 89% of the pork 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 55 pork sausages, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00180276, last edited 14 May 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.