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Is Sainsburys Sage & Onton Stuffing ultra-processed?

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Pack of Sainsburys Sage & Onton Stuffing

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:

  • 14 ingredients
  • No additives

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Breadcrumbs (Rice Flour, Gram Flour, Maize Starch, Salt, Dextrose), Kibbled Onion 9%, Sage 3.5%, Roasted Kibbled Onion 2%, Salt, Parsley, Onion, C Recycle Don't recycle at home RECYCLE WITH BAGS AT LARGE SUPERMARKET u'll love this product, 8037915 a0221 11.2

As written on the pack

Gluten Free Breadcrumbs (Rice Flour, Gram Flour, Maize Starch, Salt, Dextrose Powder), Kibbled Onion (9%), Sage (3.5%), Roasted Kibbled Onion (2%), Salt, Parsley, Onion Powder. C Recycle Don't recycle at home RECYCLE WITH BAGS AT LARGE SUPERMARKET u'll love this product. 8037915 A0221 11.2

What makes it ultra-processed

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.
2 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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

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About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00409070, last edited 22 December 2025), 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.