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Is Tesco Finest 6 Lincolnshire Sausages ultra-processed?

200g Sausages Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Tesco Finest 6 Lincolnshire Sausages

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:

  • 17 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed sausages

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

Pork 85%, Water, White Onion, Potato Starch, Pea Fibre, Salt, Herbs, Stabilisers (Disodium Diphosphate, Tetrasodium Diphosphate), White Pepper, Preservative (Sodium Metabisulphite), Black Pepper, Spices, Filled into natural casings, Made using British pork

Additives: E223 Sodium metabisulphite , E450 Diphosphates , E450i Disodium diphosphate , E450iii Tetrasodium diphosphate

As written on the pack

Pork (85%), Water, White Onion, Potato Starch, Pea Fibre, Salt, Dried Herbs, Stabilisers (Disodium Diphosphate, Tetrasodium Diphosphate), White Pepper, Preservative (Sodium Metabisulphite), Black Pepper, Spices. Filled into natural casings. Made using British pork. Allergy Advice For allergens, see ingredients in bold. Gluten Free.

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.

  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.

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.
5 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.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 337 sausages

From least to most processed, this one ranks 161st. 80% of the sausages 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 337 sausages, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5053947861260, last edited 24 June 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.