Is Sainsbury's taste the difference 30 Day Matured Beef Burgers ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 8 ingredients
- 2 additives
- Nutri-Score C
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
British Beef 94%, Tapioca Starch (processing marker), Water, Sea Salt (processing marker), Black Pepper, Preservative (processing marker) (Sodium Metabisulphite), Rosemary Extract
Additives: E223 Sodium metabisulphite , E392 Extracts of rosemary
As written on the pack
British Beef (94%), Tapioca Starch, Water, Sea Salt, Black Pepper, Preservative: Sodium Metabisulphite (Sulphites); Rosemary Extract
What makes it processed
Culinary ingredients
Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.
Preservation and traditional processing
Keep food safe or ferment it, like preservatives and cultures. A sign of processing, not ultra-processing.
- Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
Category rules
Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.
- Sandwiches Products in the category "Sandwiches" are at least group 3.
Among 60 hamburgers
From least to most processed, this one ranks 19th. 62% of the hamburgers here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00305723, last edited 27 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.
- 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.