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Is Morrisons Beef & Pork Meatballs ultra-processed?

624g Beef Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Morrisons Beef & Pork Meatballs

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 15 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed beef

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

Beef 40%, Pork 35% (pork, pork belly), Water, Pea, Onion, Pork fat, Cracked black pepper, Salt, Coarse Tellicherry pepper, Sea salt, sodium metabisulphite, ascorbic acid, Rapeseed oil

Additives: E223 Sodium metabisulphite , E300 Ascorbic acid

As written on the pack

Beef (40%), Pork (35%) (pork, pork belly), Water, Pea flakes, Onion, Pork fat, Cracked black pepper, Salt, Coarse Tellicherry pepper, Sea salt, Preservative (sodium metabisulphite), Antioxidant (ascorbic acid), Rapeseed oil.

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 103 beef

From least to most processed, this one ranks 52nd. 49% of the beef 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 103 beef, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5010525320120, last edited 17 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.