Is Morrisons Mort SRAN CHORIZO RING Dry cured, naturally smoked ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 23 ingredients
- 7 additives
- Nutri-Score E
Less processed chorizos
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
200ge Pork, Paprika, Lactose (ultra-processing marker), Salt (processing marker), skimmed milk, Garlic, Dextrose (ultra-processing marker), Sugar (processing marker), Dried glucose syrup (ultra-processing marker), Stabilisers (sodium phosphates, sodium citrate), Colour (ultra-processing marker), paprika extract Antioxidants (sodium erythorbate, tocopherols), Cumin, Oregano, Preservat es (sodium nitrite (processing marker), potassium nitrate, potassium sorbate (processing marker), natamycin)
Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E235 Natamycin , E250 Sodium nitrite , E306 Tocopherol-rich extract , E316 Sodium erythorbate , E331 Sodium citrates , E339 Sodium phosphates
As written on the pack
200ge Pork, Paprika, Lactose (milk), Salt, Dried skimmed milk, Garlic, Dextrose, Sugar, Dried glucose syrup, Stabilisers (sodium phosphates, sodium citrate), Colour (paprika extract Antioxidants (sodium erythorbate, tocopherols), Cumin, Oregano, Preservat es (sodium nitrite, potassium nitrate, potassium sorbate, natamycin). Prepared with 145g of pork per 100g of finished produc ! ALLERGY ADVICE
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.
- Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
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.
- Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
- Lactose Lactose is milk sugar, crystallised industrially from whey, a by-product of cheese making.
5 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.
- E202 Potassium sorbate 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.
- 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.
- Prepared meats Products in the category "Prepared meats" are at least group 3.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
Among 26 chorizos
From least to most processed, this one ranks 25th. 65% of the chorizos here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5010251733003, 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 E (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.