Is Specially Selected Caramelised Onion Pork sausages ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 25 ingredients
- 5 additives
- Nutri-Score E
Less processed pork sausages
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Heck 97% 6 Sausages
Heck
8 ingredients · 2 additives
NOVA group
3
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Organic free range british pork sausages with mixed herbs
Waitrose
23 ingredients · no additives
NOVA group
3
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Free Range Cumberland Pork Sausages
Waitrose
19 ingredients · 1 additive
NOVA group
3
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Caramelised Onion Pork Sausages
Lidl
27 ingredients · 1 additive
NOVA group
3
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
british pork 79%, red onion 13% (Red Onions, Sugar (processing marker), Cider Vinegar, Balsamic Vinegar (Red Wine Vinegar, Grape, Preservative (processing marker)), Ground Cloves, Cinnamon), Brown Sugar (processing marker), Rice Flour, Salt (processing marker), Diphosphates (ultra-processing marker), Water, Sodium Metabisulphite, Black Pepper, Cinnamon, Ground Cloves, Bamboo Fibre (ultra-processing marker), Dextrose (ultra-processing marker), Ascorbic Acid, Caramelised Sugar Syrup (processing marker), Paprika Extract (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E220 Sulphur dioxide , E223 Sodium metabisulphite , E300 Ascorbic acid , E450 Diphosphates
As written on the pack
BRITISH PORK (79%), CARAMELISED RED ONION (13%) [Red Onions, Sugar, Cider Vinegar, Balsamic Vinegar (Red Wine Vinegar, Grape Concentrate, Preservative: Sulphur Dioxide), Ground Cloves, Ground Cinnamon], Brown Sugar, Rice Flour, Salt, Stabiliser: Diphosphates; Water, Preservative: Sodium Metabisulphite; Black Pepper, Ground Cinnamon, Ground Cloves, Bamboo Fibre, Dextrose, Antioxidant: Ascorbic Acid; Caramelised Sugar Syrup, Colour: Paprika Extract.
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.
- E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
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.
- Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
5 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.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
Among 55 pork sausages
From least to most processed, this one ranks 44th. 89% of the pork sausages here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600547329, last edited 30 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 E (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.