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Is Waitrose 6 pork sausages with back pepper and nutmeg ultra-processed?

400g Smoked sausages Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Waitrose 6 pork sausages with back pepper and nutmeg

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:

  • 11 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed smoked 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

Pork 84%, water, potato starch, pea flour, salf, black pepper, nutmeg, sodium metabisulphite, tetrasodium diphosphate, disodium diphosphate, Filled into natural pork casings

Additives: E223 Sodium metabisulphite , E450 Diphosphates , E450i Disodium diphosphate , E450iii Tetrasodium diphosphate

As written on the pack

Pork (84%), water, potato starch, pea flour, salf, black pepper, nutmeg, preservative sodium metabisulphite, stabilisers tetrasodium diphosphate and disodium diphosphate. 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.

  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
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.

  • Prepared meats Products in the category "Prepared meats" are at least group 3.
  • Sausages Products in the category "Sausages" are at least group 3.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 9 smoked sausages

From least to most processed, this one ranks 6th. 78% of the smoked 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 9 smoked sausages, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000169135624, last edited 1 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.