Is Sainsbury's Inspired to Cook Beef Stock ultra-processed?

Broth stock Sold in the United Kingdom

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Sugar

15 ingredients
No additives

Less processed dehydrated broths

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

Water, Beef Bones, Beef 1.3%, Tomato Paste, Salt (processing marker), Barley Malt Extract, Beef Fat, Sugar (processing marker), Onion, Carrot, Cornflour, Mushroom, Onion, Red Wine, Black Pepper 1%

As written on the pack

Water, Beef Bones, Beef (1.3%), Tomato Paste, Salt, Barley Malt Extract, Beef Fat, Sugar, Onion, Carrot, Cornflour, Mushroom Concentrate, Onion Purée, Red Wine Concentrate, Black Pepper <1%

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.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 24 broth stock

From least to most processed, this one ranks 7th. 50% of the broth stock 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 24 broth stock, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 01635621, last edited 5 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.
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.