Is Warren & sons Smoked bacon lardons ultra-processed?

200g Pork Sold in the United Kingdom

No, it's a kitchen staple

It is pressed or refined from a food and used for cooking, like oil, butter or sugar.

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

British Pork 87%, Water, Salt, Antioxidant (Sodium Ascorbate), Preservatives (Potassium Nitrate, Sodium Nitrite)

Additives: E250 Sodium nitrite , E252 Potassium nitrate , E301 Sodium ascorbate

As written on the pack

British Pork 87%, Water, Salt, Antioxidant (Sodium Ascorbate), Preservatives (Potassium Nitrate, Sodium Nitrite).

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

From least to most processed, this one ranks 10th. 49% of the pork 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.

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 22218087, 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.
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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.