Is Sainsbury's Beef Stock ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 17 ingredients
- 1 additive
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Roast Beef Stock 56% (Water, British Beef Bone, Tomato Purée, Onion, Carrot), Water, Beef Stock 1% (British Beef Bone, Water, Salt (processing marker), British Beef, Tomato Purée, Caramelised Sugar (processing marker), Anti-caking Agent (processing marker) (Sodium Ferrocyanide)), Yeast Extract
Additives: E535 Sodium ferrocyanide
As written on the pack
Roast Beef Stock (56%) (Water, British Beef Bone, Tomato Purée, Onion, Carrot), Water, Beef Stock (1.0%) (British Beef Bone, Water, Salt, British Beef, Tomato Purée, Caramelised Sugar, Anti-caking Agent: Sodium Ferrocyanide), Yeast Extract.
What makes it processed
Culinary ingredients
Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.
- Anti-caking agent Anti-caking agents are substances which reduce the tendency of individual particles of a foodstuff to adhere to one another.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 01802917, last edited 9 January 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
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- The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.