Is Richmond 8 Thick Pork Sausages ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 15 ingredients
- 4 additives
- Nutri-Score D
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
pork 42%, water, rusk (processing marker) (wheat), pork fat, wheat starch (processing marker), soya protein, flavourings (ultra-processing marker), salt (processing marker), stabilisers (diphosphates (ultra-processing marker)), guar gum (ultra-processing marker), antioxidants (ascorbic acid), alpha-tocopherol
Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid , E307 Alpha-tocopherol , E412 Guar gum , E450 Diphosphates
As written on the pack
pork (42%), water, rusk (wheat), pork fat, wheat starch, soya protein, flavourings, salt, stabilisers: diphosphates, guar gum, antioxidants: ascorbic acid, alpha-tocopherol
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.
- E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
- E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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.
- Prepared meats Products in the category "Prepared meats" are at least group 3.
- Sausages Products in the category "Sausages" are at least group 3.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
- Bread An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
Among 55 pork sausages
From least to most processed, this one ranks 23rd. 89% of the pork sausages here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5057624360664, last edited 4 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.