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Is Tesco Slow Cooked Tennessee Style Boneless Beef Ribs ultra-processed?

Beef Sold in the United Kingdom

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:

  • 28 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed beef

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

beef, water, brown sugar, honey, molasses, Onion, cornflour, Malt Vinegar, barley, Tenterden Whiskey, Sugar, cocoa powder, salt, onion, yeast extract, garlic, tomato, soya bean, caramelised sugar, concentrated lemon juice, flavouring, black pepper, smoked salt, ginger, spirit vinegar, garlic puree, cayenne pepper, chilli

As written on the pack

beef, water, brown sugar, honey, molasses, Onion purée, cornflour, Malt Vinegar (barley, Tenterden Whiskey, Sugar, cocoa powder, salt, onion powder, yeast extract, garlic powder, tomato powder, soya bean, caramelised sugar, concentrated lemon juice, flavouring, black pepper, smoked salt, ginger, spirit vinegar, garlic puree, cayenne pepper, chilli powder.

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.
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.

  • Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 103 beef

From least to most processed, this one ranks 63rd. 49% of the beef 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 103 beef, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5059697762185, 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.
  • 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.