Is Primo Taglio Genoa salame ultra-processed?

4 oz Salami Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Dextrose
Glucose

12 ingredients
3 additives
Nutri-Score E

Less processed salami

Original Hungarian Salami Pick 8 ingredients · 1 additive NOVA group 3
Grass-Fed Beef Sticks KIRKLAND Signature 13 ingredients · 3 additives NOVA group 3
Panino Italian Prosciutto Individually rolled with Provolone Cheese Specially Selected 2 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3
Salami Milano Co Op 10 ingredients · 3 additives NOVA group 3

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, salt (processing marker), sugar (processing marker), wine, spices, dextrose (ultra-processing marker), garlic, ascorbic acid, lactic acid starter culture (processing marker), rosemary extract, sodium nitrite (processing marker), sodium nitrate (processing marker)

Additives: E250 Sodium nitrite , E251 Sodium nitrate , E392 Extracts of rosemary

As written on the pack

Pork, salt, sugar, wine, spices, dextrose, garlic, ascorbic acid, lactic acid starter culture, rosemary extract, sodium nitrite, sodium nitrate.

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

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.

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.
E251 Sodium nitrate 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.
Microbial culture Microbial cultures ferment foods such as yoghurt, cheese and sourdough.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 45 salami

From least to most processed, this one ranks 27th. 84% of the salami 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 45 salami, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0021130153138, last edited 26 July 2025), 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.