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Is Waitrose Wagyu Beef Burger ultra-processed?

340 g Beef Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Waitrose Wagyu Beef Burger

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:

  • 11 ingredients
  • 2 additives

Less processed beef

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 beef 94%, tapioca starch, water, salt, black pepper, preservative (sodium sulphite), garlic, antioxidant (sodium ascorbate), onion

Additives: E221 Sodium sulphite , E301 Sodium ascorbate

As written on the pack

British beef (94%), tapioca starch, water, salt, black pepper, preservative (sodium sulphite), garlic powder, antioxidant (sodium ascorbate), onion powder

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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

Preservation and traditional processing

Keep food safe or ferment it, like preservatives and cultures. A sign of processing, not ultra-processing.

Category rules

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

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

How the NOVA groups work

Among 103 beef

From least to most processed, this one ranks 51st. 49% of the beef 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 103 beef, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5063210004812, last edited 3 May 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.