Is Waitrose & Partners 6 Pork & Apple Sausages ultra-processed?

400 g Pork sausages Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

E450 Diphosphates

17 ingredients
5 additives
Nutri-Score D

Less processed pork sausages

Heck 97% 6 Sausages Heck 8 ingredients · 2 additives NOVA group 3
Organic free range british pork sausages with mixed herbs Waitrose 23 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3
Free Range Cumberland Pork Sausages Waitrose 19 ingredients · 1 additive NOVA group 3
Caramelised Onion Pork Sausages Lidl 27 ingredients · 1 additive NOVA group 3

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 75%, Bramley apple 13%, water, dried apple 4%, pea, honey (processing marker), salt (processing marker), stabilisers (tetrasodium diphosphate (ultra-processing marker), disodium diphosphate (ultra-processing marker)), preservatives (processing marker) (sodium metabisulphite, sulphur dioxide), black pepper, parsley, nutmeg, Filled into natural pork casings

Additives: E220 Sulphur dioxide , E223 Sodium metabisulphite , E450 Diphosphates , E450i Disodium diphosphate , E450iii Tetrasodium diphosphate

As written on the pack

Pork (75%), Bramley apple (13%), water, dried apple (4%), pea flakes, honey, salt, stabilisers (tetrasodium diphosphate, disodium diphosphate), preservatives (sodium metabisulphite, sulphur dioxide), black pepper, parsley, nutmeg. 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.

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.
Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 55 pork sausages

From least to most processed, this one ranks 17th. 89% of the pork 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 55 pork sausages, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000169059012, 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.