Is Tarczynski Ham Frankfurters ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 11 ingredients
- 2 additives
- Nutri-Score E
Less processed frankfurter sausages
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Pork ham meat 95%, starch (processing marker), salt (processing marker), spices, spices extracts, flavourings (ultra-processing marker) (including smoke flavouring), sugar (processing marker), pork protein, sodium ascorbate, sodium nitrite (processing marker)
Additives: E250 Sodium nitrite , E301 Sodium ascorbate
As written on the pack
Pork ham meat 95%, starch, salt, spices, spices extracts, flavourings (including smoke flavouring), sugar, pork protein, antioxidant: sodium ascorbate, preservative: sodium nitrite.
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.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
6 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.
- E250 Sodium nitrite Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
- 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.
- Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
Among 8 frankfurter sausages
From least to most processed, this one ranks 3rd. 75% of the frankfurter sausages here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5908230511141, last edited 14 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.