Is Specially Selected Wagyu burgers ultra-processed?

284g Beef hamburgers 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:

Vegetable fiber

13 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score D

Less processed beef hamburgers

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

wagyu beef 85%, Water, Crumb (Rice Flour, Water, Bamboo Fibre (ultra-processing marker)), Salt (processing marker), Tapioca Starch (processing marker), Fermented Shio Koji (Rice Koji, Water, Salt (processing marker)), Black Pepper

As written on the pack

WAGYU BEEF (85%), Water, Gluten Free Crumb (Rice Flour, Water, Bamboo Fibre), Salt, Tapioca Starch, Fermented Shio Koji (Rice Koji, Water, Salt), Black Pepper.

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.

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.

3 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.

Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
Sandwiches Products in the category "Sandwiches" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 17 beef hamburgers

From least to most processed, this one ranks 8th. 65% of the beef hamburgers 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 17 beef hamburgers, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600505350, 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 D (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.