Is Specially Selected Sage, Roasted Onion Stuffing ultra-processed?

130 g Herbs Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Glucose
Fructose

35 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score A

Less processed herbs

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

breadcrumbs 57% (Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Salt (processing marker), Water, Yeast), ciabatta breadcrumbs 19% (Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Extra Virgin Olive Oil (processing marker), Salt (processing marker), Water, Yeast), roasted kibbled onion 7%, shallots 6%, Lemon Peel (Lemon Peel, Glucose-Fructose Syrup (ultra-processing marker), Sugar (processing marker), Antioxidant (Citric Acid), Preservative (processing marker)), sage 3.3%, Parsley, Salt (processing marker), Onion, wild sage 0.2%

Additives: E220 Sulphur dioxide , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

BREADCRUMBS (57%) [Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Salt, Water, Yeast], CIABATTA BREADCRUMBS (19%) [Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Salt, Water, Yeast], ROASTED KIBBLED ONION (7%), SHALLOTS (6%), Candied Lemon Peel (Lemon Peel, Glucose-Fructose Syrup, Sugar, Antioxidant: Citric Acid; Preservative: Sulphur Dioxide), SAGE (3.3%), Parsley, Salt, Onion Powder, WILD SAGE (0.2%)

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.

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.

Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 31 herbs

From least to most processed, this one ranks 26th. 26% of the herbs 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 31 herbs, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600217918, last edited 13 April 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 A (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.