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Is Sainsbury's Sweet Honey BBQ Pulled Pork ultra-processed?

569 g Frozen meals with meat Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Sainsbury's Sweet Honey BBQ Pulled Pork

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:

  • 36 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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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 82%, Sweet Honey BBQ Glaze 16% (Sugar, Water, Honey, Spirit Vinegar, Tomato Paste, Cornflour, Molasses, Vodka, Dijon Mustard (Water, Mustard Powder, Spirit Vinegar, Sea Salt, Mustard Seed Husk, Pimento, Turmeric), Garlic Purée, Salt, Mustard Powder, Smoke Flavouring, Caramelised Sugar Syrup, Black Pepper, Paprika Extract, Allspice), Demerara Sugar, Onion Powder, Tomato Powder, Cornflour, Garlic Powder, Yeast Extract, Smoked Salt, Salt, Citric Acid, Black Pepper

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

British Pork (82%), Sweet Honey BBQ Glaze (16%) (Sugar, Water, Honey, Spirit Vinegar, Tomato Paste, Cornflour, Molasses, Vodka, Dijon Mustard (Water, Mustard Powder, Spirit Vinegar, Sea Salt, Mustard Seed Husk, Pimento, Turmeric), Garlic Purée, Salt, Mustard Powder, Smoke Flavouring, Caramelised Sugar Syrup, Black Pepper, Colour: Paprika Extract; Allspice), Demerara Sugar, Onion Powder, Tomato Powder, Cornflour, Garlic Powder, Yeast Extract, Smoked Salt, Salt, Acid: Citric Acid; Black Pepper.

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.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 21 frozen meals with meat

From least to most processed, this one ranks 9th. 90% of the frozen meals with meat 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 21 frozen meals with meat, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00425766, last edited 29 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.