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Is Pikok Kabanosy drobiowo-wieprzowe z serem ultra-processed?

Cured sausages Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Pikok Kabanosy drobiowo-wieprzowe z serem

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:

  • 22 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

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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

Pork, Turkey, Chicken, Pork Fat, Cheese, Potato Starch, Salt, Spices, Spice Extracts, Flavourings, Pork Protein, Sugar, Antioxidant (Sodium ascorbate), Preservative (Sodium Nitrite), edible Alginate Casing (Gelling Agent (sodium Alginate), Stabilisers (Cellulose), Calcium Chloride)

Additives: E250 Sodium nitrite , E301 Sodium ascorbate , E401 Sodium alginate , E460 Cellulose , E509 Calcium chloride

As written on the pack

Pork, Turkey, Chicken, Pork Fat, Cheese (Milk), Potato Starch, Salt, Spices, Spice Extracts, Flavourings (contain Milk), Pork Protein, Sugar, Antioxidant: Sodium ascorbate; Preservative: Sodium Nitrite; edible Alginate Casing (Gelling Agent: sodium Alginate; Stabilisers: Cellulose, Calcium Chloride)

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.

  • E401 Sodium 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.
  • E460 Cellulose 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.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Gelling agent Gelling agents such as pectin, gelatine or carrageenan set liquids into gels and stabilise textures.
7 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.
  • Prepared meats Products in the category "Prepared meats" are at least group 3.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • 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.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 99 cured sausages

From least to most processed, this one ranks 87th. 77% of the cured 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 99 cured sausages, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 20858537, last edited 2 April 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.