Is The Curators Beef Biltong ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 11 ingredients
- 1 additive
- Nutri-Score E
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Beef, Salt (processing marker), Black Pepper, Coriander, Nutmeg, Clove, Chilli, Garlic, Spirit Vinegar, Preservative (processing marker) (Potassium Sorbate (processing marker))
Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate
As written on the pack
Beef, Salt, Black Pepper, Coriander, Nutmeg, Clove, Chilli, Garlic, Spirit Vinegar, Preservative (Potassium Sorbate)
What makes it processed
Culinary ingredients
Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Preservation and traditional processing
Keep food safe or ferment it, like preservatives and cultures. A sign of processing, not ultra-processing.
- E202 Potassium sorbate 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.
- Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060549450112, last edited 26 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 E (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.