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Is The Jolly Hog Outdoor Bred Caramelised Porkers ultra-processed?

6 Sausages, 400g Sausages Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of The Jolly Hog Outdoor Bred Caramelised Porkers

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:

  • 34 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed sausages

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

British Outdoor Bred, RSPCA Assured Pork 74%, Red Onion 15%, Red Onions, Sugar, Cider Vinegar, Balsamic Vinegar (Red Wine Vinegar, Grape, Preservative), Cloves, Cinnamon, Breadcrumb (Rice Flour, Water, Dextrose Monohydrate, Vegetable Fibre, Salt, Caramelised Sugar Syrup, Paprika Extract), Brown Sugar, Muscovado Sugar, Demerara Sugar, Sea Salt, Emulsifier, Sodium Triphosphate, Dextrose, Spices, Rubbed Parsley, Garlic, Preservative, Antioxidant (Ascorbic Acid), Filled into Natural Pork casings

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E220 Sulphur dioxide , E300 Ascorbic acid , E451 Triphosphates , E451i Pentasodium triphosphate

As written on the pack

British Outdoor Bred, RSPCA Assured Pork (74%), Caramelised Red Onion (15%), Red Onions, Sugar, Cider Vinegar, Balsamic Vinegar (Red Wine Vinegar, Grape Concentrate, Preservative: Sulphur Dioxide); Ground Cloves, Ground Cinnamon), Gluten Free Breadcrumb (Rice Flour, Water, Dextrose Monohydrate, Vegetable Fibre, Salt, Caramelised Sugar Syrup, Paprika Extract), Brown Sugar, Muscovado Sugar, Demerara Sugar, Sea Salt, Emulsifier; Sodium Triphosphate, Dextrose, Spices, Rubbed Parsley, Garlic Powder, Preservative; (Sulphur Dioxide), Antioxidant; (Ascorbic Acid), Filled into Natural Pork casings.

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.

  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • E451 Triphosphates Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.

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.
  • Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
5 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.

  • Prepared meats Products in the category "Prepared meats" are at least group 3.
  • Sausages Products in the category "Sausages" 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 337 sausages

From least to most processed, this one ranks 306th. 80% of the sausages 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 337 sausages, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5010498509874, 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.
  • 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.