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Is Warrendale Wagyu Sausages ultra-processed?

Prepared beef meats Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Warrendale Wagyu Sausages

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:

  • 13 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

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

INGREDIENTS British Wagyu Beef 90%, Water, Pea Flour, Seasoning (Salt, Preservative (Sodium SULPHITE)), Black Pepper, Cracked Black Pepper, White Pepper, Antioxidant (Ascorbic Acid), Filled into Beef Collagen casings

Additives: E221 Sodium sulphite , E300 Ascorbic acid

As written on the pack

INGREDIENTS British Wagyu Beef (90%), Water, Pea Flour, Seasoning (Salt, Preservative (Sodium SULPHITE)), Ground Black Pepper, Cracked Black Pepper, White Pepper, Antioxidant (Ascorbic Acid). Filled into Beef Collagen casings.

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.

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.

  • 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 40 prepared beef meats

From least to most processed, this one ranks 22nd. 45% of the prepared beef meats 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 40 prepared beef meats, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060317355557, last edited 4 August 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.