Is Sainsbury's Mini Egg Bites ultra-processed?

8 oz Appetizers Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

E160c Paprika extract

28 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score C

Less processed appetizers

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

british pork 33%, fortified wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), egg 16%, water, rapeseed oil, onion, pork fat, salt (processing marker), potato starch (processing marker), cornflour, spirit vinegar, sugar (processing marker), pasteurised free range egg yolk, white pepper, black pepper, nutmeg, yeast extract, free range egg, concentrated lemon juice, sage, marjoram, paprika extract (ultra-processing marker), yeast

Additives: E160c Paprika extract

As written on the pack

british pork (33%), fortified wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), egg (16%), water, rapeseed oil, onion, pork fat, salt, potato starch, cornflour, spirit vinegar, sugar, pasteurised free range egg yolk, white pepper, black pepper, nutmeg, yeast extract, pasteurised free range egg, concentrated lemon juice, sage, marjoram, paprika extract, yeast.

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.

E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.

4 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.

Salty snacks Products in the category "Salty snacks" are at least group 3.
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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,498 appetizers

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1137th. 64% of the appetizers 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 2,498 appetizers, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00388061, last edited 8 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 C (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.