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Is Mr-Brain-S Pork Faggots ultra-processed?

6 656 g Meat balls Sold in the United Kingdom

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:

  • 55 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed meat balls

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

west country sauce 62%, contains water, wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), modified starch, pork lard, tomato nutrition ine (as sold), contains puree, salt, colour (e150c), sugar, yeast extract, flavourings (onion, celery), rapeseed o energy pork faggots 38%, contains (water), rusk (wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin)), salt, raising agent (e5030), pork liver 15%, onion, pork rind, pork 4%, wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), salt, herb, flavouring, sunflower oil, anticaking agent (e551), acidity regulator (e330), including cereals containing gluten, also, fat

Additives: E14XX Modified Starch , E150c Ammonia caramel , E330 Citric acid , E551 Silicon dioxide

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E150c Ammonia caramel.

As written on the pack

west country sauce (62%) contains water, wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), modified starch, pork lard, tomato nutrition ine 100g (as sold) contains puree, salt, colour: caramel (e150c), sugar, yeast extract, flavourings (onion, celery), rapeseed o energy pork faggots (38 %) contains: water, rusk (wheat flour, (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin)) salt, raising agent (e5030))). pork liver (15%), onion, rehydrated pork rind, pork (4%), wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), salt, herb, flavouring, sunflower oil, anticaking agent (e551), acidity regulator (e330). allergy advice: for allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold. also, may contain soya and sulphites. fat

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.

  • E14xx Modified Starch Modified starches (E1400 to E1452) are starches treated physically, with enzymes or chemically so that they thicken and hold up to heating, freezing or acidity better than ordinary starch.
  • E150c Ammonia caramel Ammonia caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars with ammonia compounds.
  • E551 Silicon dioxide 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.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.
6 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.

  • Anti-caking agent Anti-caking agents are substances which reduce the tendency of individual particles of a foodstuff to adhere to one another.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Bread An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 47 meat balls

From least to most processed, this one ranks 47th. 74% of the meat balls 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 47 meat balls, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000187139529, 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.
  • 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.