Is Tesco Spreadable Brussels Pâté British Pork Britis ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 15 ingredients
- 4 additives
- Nutri-Score C
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Pork Liver 33%, Water, Pork Fat 15%, Pork Rind, Pork, Tapioca Starch (processing marker), Spices, Potato Starch (processing marker), Salt (processing marker), Sugar (processing marker), Onion Powder, Ascorbic Acid, Sodium Ascorbate, Sodium Nitrite (processing marker), Potassium Nitrate (processing marker)
Additives: E250 Sodium nitrite , E252 Potassium nitrate , E300 Ascorbic acid , E301 Sodium ascorbate
As written on the pack
Pork Liver (33%). Water, Pork Fat (15%), Pork Rind, Pork, Tapioca Starch, Spices, Potato Starch, Salt, Sugar, Onion Powder, Antioxidants (Ascorbic Acid, Sodium Ascorbate), Preservatives (Sodium Nitrite, Potassium Nitrate).
What makes it processed
Culinary ingredients
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.
- 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.
Preservation and traditional processing
Keep food safe or ferment it, like preservatives and cultures. A sign of processing, not ultra-processing.
- E252 Potassium nitrate 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.
Category rules
Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.
- Prepared meats Products in the category "Prepared meats" are at least group 3.
Among 24 pork Pâtés
From least to most processed, this one ranks 2nd. 92% of the pork Pâtés here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5059697700781, last edited 4 October 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 C (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.