Is Tesco Bacon Rashers ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 18 ingredients
- 4 additives
- Nutri-Score D
Less processed crisps
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
aize, rice flour, vegetable oils (processing marker) (rapeseed oil, sunflower oil), sugar (processing marker), yeast extract, stabiliser (po assium chloride), flavouring (ultra-processing marker), salt (processing marker), maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), onion, colours (ultra-processing marker) (beetroot red (ultra-processing marker), paprika extract (ultra-processing marker)), turmeric extract (ultra-processing marker), citric acid
Additives: E100 Curcumin , E160c Paprika extract , E162 Beetroot red , E330 Citric acid
As written on the pack
aize, rice flour, vegetable oils [rapeseed oil, sunflower oil], sugar, yeast extract, stabiliser (po assium chloride), flavouring, salt, maltodextrin, onion powder, colours (beetroot red, paprika extract), turmeric extract, citric acid.
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.
- E100 Curcumin Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
- E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
- E162 Beetroot red Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
- Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
- 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.
- Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down 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.
- Salty snacks Products in the category "Salty snacks" are at least group 3.
- 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.
Among 1,471 crisps
From least to most processed, this one ranks 1259th. 64% of the crisps here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5051008182156, last edited 10 May 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.