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Is TESCO finest Spanish Inspired Smoky Chorizo & Butt ultra-processed?

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Pack of TESCO finest Spanish Inspired Smoky Chorizo & Butt

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:

  • 49 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score A

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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

Water, Tomato, Tomato Purée, Onion, Tomato Juice, Red Pepper, Butter Beans 6%, Chorizo 3% (Pork, Pork Fat, Salt, Paprika, Dextrose, Chilli, Malt Vinegar (Barley), Sage, Rapeseed Oil, Flavourings, Sodium Ascorbate, Preservative, Sodium Nitrite), Kale, Smoked Paprika, Extra Virgin Olive Oil Garlic Purée, Vegetable Stock (Water, Sugar, Salt, Onion, Carrot Concentrate, Sunflower Oil, Cornflour, Leek, Celery, Garlic, Nutmeg), Cornflour, Sugar, Chicken Stock, Water Chicken, Yeast Extract, Salt, Potato, Chicken Fatl, Salt, Oregano, Black Pepper, Made using British and EU pork Allergy Advice

Additives: E250 Sodium nitrite , E301 Sodium ascorbate

As written on the pack

Water, Tomato, Tomato Purée, Onion, Tomato Juice, Red Pepper, Butter Beans (6%), Chorizo (3%) [Pork, Pork Fat, Salt, Paprika, Dextrose, Chilli Powder, Malt Vinegar (Barley), Sage, Rapeseed Oil, Flavourings, Antioxidant (Sodium Ascorbate), Preservative (Sodium Nitrite]], Kale, Smoked Paprika, Extra Virgin Olive Oil Garlic Purée, Vegetable Stock [Water, Sugar, Salt, Onion Concentrate, Carrot Concentrate, Sunflower Oil, Cornflour, Leek Concentrate, Celery Concentrate, Garlic Concentrate, Nutmeg Extract], Cornflour, Sugar, Chicken Stock [Water Chicken, Yeast Extract, Salt, Dried Potato, Chicken Fatl, Salt, Oregano, Black Pepper. Made using British and EU pork Allergy Advice

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.

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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
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.
  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • 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 722 soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 503rd. 63% of the soups 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 722 soups, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5059697270222, last edited 16 August 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.