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Is Robertson's Ayrshire Middle Bacon ultra-processed?

200g Bacon rashers Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Robertson's Ayrshire Middle Bacon

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 9 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed bacon

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 89%, Water, Salt, Preservatives (Sodium Nitrite), Potassium Nitrate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Antioxidant (Sodium Ascorbate)

Additives: E250 Sodium nitrite , E252 Potassium nitrate , E301 Sodium ascorbate , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

Pork (89%), Water, Salt, Preservatives: Sodium Nitrite, Potassium Nitrate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Antioxidant: Sodium Ascorbate.

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

Preservation and traditional processing

Keep food safe or ferment it, like preservatives and cultures. A sign of processing, not ultra-processing.

  • 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.
  • E252 Potassium 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.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 15 bacon rashers

From least to most processed, this one ranks 12th. 20% of the bacon rashers 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 15 bacon rashers, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5055184204473, 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.