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Is Waitrose Duchy Organic Free Range British Pork Chipolatas ultra-processed?

Chipolatas Sold in the United Kingdom

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:

  • 21 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed meats and their products

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, fortified wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), sea salt, salt, nutmeg, ginger, black pepper, mace, mustard powder, thyme, ascorbic acid, yeast, chilli, sage, Filled into natural sheep casing

Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid

As written on the pack

Pork (84%), water, fortified wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate*, iron*, niacin*, thiamin*), sea salt*, salt*, nutmeg, ginger, black pepper, mace, mustard powder, thyme, antioxidant (ascorbic acid*), yeast*, chilli powder, sage. Filled into natural sheep casing.

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

How the NOVA groups work

Among 27 chipolatas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 2nd. 89% of the chipolatas 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 27 chipolatas, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000169149539, last edited 3 September 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • 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.