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Is Specially Selected (Aldi) Lincolnshire Pork Sausages ultra-processed?

Sausages Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Specially Selected (Aldi) Lincolnshire Pork Sausages

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:

  • 26 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed sausages

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

pork 90%, Water, Rice Flour, Salt, Chickpea Flour, Dried Sage, Onion Powder, Sea Salt, Dextrose, Stabilisers (Diphosphates), Triphosphates, Sage, Parsley, Preservative (Sodium Sulphite), White Pepper, Coriander, Ground Nutmeg, Ground Mace, Cornflour, Cayenne Pepper, Antioxidant (Sodium Ascorbate, Filled into Vegetable Based Casings (Calcium Alginate))

Additives: E221 Sodium sulphite , E301 Sodium ascorbate , E404 Calcium alginate , E450 Diphosphates , E451 Triphosphates

As written on the pack

PORK (90%), Water, Rice Flour, Salt, Chickpea Flour, Dried Sage, Onion Powder, Sea Salt, Dextrose, Stabilisers: Diphosphates, Triphosphates; Sage, Dried Parsley, Preservative: Sodium Sulphite; Ground White Pepper, Dried Coriander, Ground Nutmeg, Ground Mace, Cornflour, Ground Cayenne Pepper, Antioxidant: Sodium Ascorbate. Filled into Vegetable Based Casings (Calcium Alginate). ALLERGY ADVICE:

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.

  • E404 Calcium alginate A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
  • E451 Triphosphates Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.

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.
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.

  • Prepared meats Products in the category "Prepared meats" are at least group 3.
  • Sausages Products in the category "Sausages" are at least group 3.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 337 sausages

From least to most processed, this one ranks 284th. 80% of the sausages 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 337 sausages, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4061461953249, last edited 21 July 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.