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Is Waitrose Black pudding slices ultra-processed?

227 g Offals Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Waitrose Black pudding slices

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 16 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed fish and meat and eggs

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

Rehydrated pork blood 35%, beef fat 30%, pearl barley, fortified wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), onions, oat flakes, oatmeal, salt, pimento, white pepper, coriander

As written on the pack

Rehydrated pork blood (35%), beef fat (30%). rehydrated pearl barley, FORTIFIED WHEAT FLOUR (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), rehydrated onions, oat flakes, oatmeal, salt, ground pimento, ground white pepper, ground coriander

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.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

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

How the NOVA groups work

Among 8 offals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 3rd. 38% of the offals 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 8 offals, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000169400050, 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.