Is THE deli German Peppered Salami ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 18 ingredients
- 7 additives
- Nutri-Score E
Less processed salami
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
nutrition this pack contains app pork, salt (processing marker), black peppercorns 1%, pork gelatine (ultra-processing marker), glucose syrup (ultra-processing marker), white pepper, flavouring (ultra-processing marker), garlic, antioxidants (ascorbic acid), sodium erythorbate, acidity regulator (sodium acetate), thickener (ultra-processing marker) (xanthan gum (ultra-processing marker)), preservative (processing marker) (sodium nitrite (processing marker)), typical values energy fat
Additives: E250 Sodium nitrite , E262 Sodium acetates , E262i Sodium acetate , E300 Ascorbic acid , E316 Sodium erythorbate , E415 Xanthan gum , E428 Gelatine
As written on the pack
nutrition this pack contains app pork, salt, black peppercorns (1%), pork gelatine, glucose syrup, white pepper, flavouring, garlic, antioxidants: ascorbic acid, sodium erythorbate, acidity regulator: sodium acetate, thickener: xanthan gum, preservative: sodium nitrite, made with 127g of raw pork per 100g of finished product, typical values energy fat
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.
- E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
- E428 Gelatine Gelatine is a gelling agent made from collagen in animal skin and bones.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
- Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.
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.
- Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
- Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
4 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.
- Prepared meats Products in the category "Prepared meats" are at least group 3.
- Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Among 45 salami
From least to most processed, this one ranks 44th. 84% of the salami here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600046891, last edited 18 April 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.