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Is Specially Selected Pork chipolata ultra-processed?

Chipolatas Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Specially Selected Pork chipolata

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:

  • 20 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed chipolatas

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 90%, Water, Rice Flour, Sea Salt, Coriander, Onion Powder, White Pepper, Diphosphates, Flavouring, Salt, Sodium Metabisulphite, Bamboo Fibre, Dextrose, Ascorbic Acid, Ground Nutmeg, Nutmeg, Caramelised Sugar Syrup, Paprika Extract, Filled into Vegetable Based Casings (Calcium Alginate)

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E223 Sodium metabisulphite , E300 Ascorbic acid , E450 Diphosphates

As written on the pack

BRITISH PORK (90%), Water, Rice Flour, Sea Salt, Dried Coriander, Onion Powder, White Pepper, Emulsifier: Diphosphates; Flavouring, Salt, Preservative Sodium Metabisulphite; Bamboo Fibre, Dextrose, Antioxidant: Ascorbic Acid; Ground Nutmeg. Nutmeg Extract, Caramelised Sugar Syrup, Colour: Paprika Extract. 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.

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

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.
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.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 27 chipolatas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 23rd. 89% of the chipolatas 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 27 chipolatas, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600091709, last edited 4 September 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.