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Is Rustlers Hot Dog Sausage ultra-processed?

Breads Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Rustlers Hot Dog Sausage

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:

  • 56 ingredients
  • 9 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

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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

Hot Dog Bun (Wheat Flour (with Calcium, Iron, Niacin &amp, Thiamin), Water, Sugar, Rapeseed Oil, Yeast, Salt, Wheat Gluten, e282, e472e, Wheat Starch, e300), Hot Dog Sausage 36% (Pork, Water, Pork Fat, Potato Starch, Salt, Dextrose, Spices, e450, e451, e452, Smoke Flavouring, Beef Collagen, e330, Flavouring, Potato Fibre, e300, e301, Preservative, e250), Tomato Ketchup (Sugar, Tomato Puree, Spirit Vinegar, Rapeseed Oil, Cornflour, Salt, Onion Powder, Spices, Garlic Powder), Mustard (Water, Spirit Vinegar, Mustard Flour, Mustard, Salt, Sugar, Cornflour, Turmeric, Paprika)

Additives: E250 Sodium nitrite , E282 Calcium propionate , E300 Ascorbic acid , E301 Sodium ascorbate , E330 Citric acid , E450 Diphosphates , E451 Triphosphates , E452 Polyphosphates , E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

As written on the pack

Hot Dog Bun [Wheat Flour (with Calcium, Iron, Niacin & Thiamin), Water, Sugar, Rapeseed Oil, Yeast, Salt, Wheat Gluten, Preservative: E282; Emulsifier: E472e; Wheat Starch, Antioxidant: E300], Hot Dog Sausage (36%) [Pork, Water, Pork Fat, Potato Starch, Salt, Dextrose, Spices, Stabilisers: E450, E451, E452; Smoke Flavouring, Beef Collagen, Acid: E330; Flavouring, Potato Fibre, Antioxidant: E300, E301; Preservative; E250], Tomato Ketchup [Sugar, Tomato Puree, Spirit Vinegar, Rapeseed Oil, Cornflour, Salt, Onion Powder, Spices, Garlic Powder], Mustard [Water, Spirit Vinegar, Mustard Flour, Mustard Bran, Salt, Sugar, Cornflour, Turmeric, Paprika]

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.

  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
  • E451 Triphosphates Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • E452 Polyphosphates Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.
  • Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
  • Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
8 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.
  • Sausages Products in the category "Sausages" 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.
  • Sandwiches Products in the category "Sandwiches" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,390 breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 2353rd. 71% of the breads 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 2,390 breads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5099556009181, last edited 4 September 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.