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Is Mattessons Turkey Rashers Lightly Smoked ultra-processed?

150g Turkeys Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Mattessons Turkey Rashers Lightly Smoked

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:

  • 16 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed turkeys

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

Mattessons Low Fat High in Protein 29 Calories Per Slice* Smoke flavoured turkey rashers with added water, Turkey 84%, Water, Salt, Flavourings, Sugar, Dextrose, Sodium Tripolyphosphate, Yeast Extract, Sodium Nitrite, Pepper, Smoke Flavouring, CTRAY Recycle FILM Don't Recycle 00 Nutri Typical values Energy Fot information ng Each Rasher (Approx), 491k, 176illed contains Carbohydrates

Additives: E250 Sodium nitrite , E452 Polyphosphates , E452vi Sodium tripolyphosphate

As written on the pack

Mattessons Low Fat High in Protein 29 Calories Per Slice* Smoke flavoured turkey rashers with added water. Turkey (84%), Water, Salt, Flavourings, Sugar, Dextrose, Stabiliser (Sodium Tripolyphosphate), Yeast Extract, Preservative (Sodium Nitrite), Pepper, Smoke Flavouring. CTRAY Recycle FILM Don't Recycle 00 Nutri Typical values Energy Fot information ng Each Rasher (25g Approx) 491k)/176illed contains Carbohydrates

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.

  • E452 Polyphosphates 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.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.
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.

  • 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.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 66 turkeys

From least to most processed, this one ranks 55th. 61% of the turkeys 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 66 turkeys, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000342000992, last edited 20 August 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.