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Is Sainsbury's Smoky BBQ Pork Rib Rack ultra-processed?

Fresh meals Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Sainsbury's Smoky BBQ Pork Rib Rack

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 26 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed fresh foods

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

Cooked Pasta 52% (Durum Wheat Semolina, Water), Semi-Skimmed Milk Smoked Bacon 6% (Pork 86%, Curing Salt (Salt Preservative (Sodium Nitrite)), Antioxidant (e301)), Cooked Smoked Pancetta 5% (Pork 96%, Curing Salt (Salt Preservative (Sodium Nitrite), Potassium Nitrate), Spices (Black Pepper Cassia Cloves Coriander Dill Ginger Nutmeg), Antioxidant (e301)), Parmesan Cheese, Single Cream réfr, Medium Fat Hard Cheese, White PeL Wine Whipping Cream, Pasteurised Egg Rapeseed Oil Parsley Cornflour Garlic Purée Extra Virgin Olive Oil Stabiliser (Pectin Salt Cracked Black Pepper Ground Bay Leaves Turmeric)

Additives: E250 Sodium nitrite , E301 Sodium ascorbate

As written on the pack

Cooked Pasta (52 %) (Durum Wheat Semolina (contains Gluten) Water) Semi-Skimmed Milk Smoked Bacon (6%) (Pork (86%) Curing Salt (Salt Preservative: Sodium Nitrite) Antioxidant: E301) Cooked Smoked Pancetta (5%) (Pork (96 %) . Curing Salt (Salt Preservative: Sodium Nitrite, Potassium Nitrate) Ground Spices (Black Pepper Cassia Cloves Coriander Dill Ginger Nutmeg) Antioxidant: E301) Parmesan Cheese (Milk) (3.5%) Single Cream réfr (Milk) Medium Fat Hard Cheese (Milk) White PeL Wine Whipping Cream (Milk) Pasteurised Egg Rapeseed Oil Parsley Cornflour Garlic Purée Extra Virgin Olive Oil Stabiliser: Pectin Salt Cracked Black Pepper Ground Bay Leaves Turmeric.

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

Preservation and traditional processing

Keep food safe or ferment it, like preservatives and cultures. A sign of processing, not ultra-processing.

  • 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.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 9 fresh meals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 3rd. 67% of the fresh meals 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 9 fresh meals, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00256650, last edited 26 May 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.