Yes — Breakfast Pork Patties is ultra-processed.
The product contains yeast extract, which is a pre-identified ultra-processed ingredient according to NOVA. Therefore, the product is classified as ultra-processed (UPF).
Other meat & poultry Nomi has checked — these ones aren't ultra-processed.
Beef Lasagne
Marks & Spencer
Not UPF
Chicken, Mushroom and Rice Soup
M&S Food
Not UPF
Thai green chicken curry
Charlie Bigham's
Not UPF
Thai Red Chicken Curry & Fragrant Rice
Charlie Bigham's
Not UPF
Japanese Style Chicken Curry with rice
MYPROTEIN
Not UPF
Beef Lasagne
By sainsbury's
Not UPF
Beef and Mushroom Stroganoff
M&S
Not UPF
Spaghetti bolognese
By sainsbury's
Not UPF
Chicken & bacon pasta
Sainsbury's,Sainsburys
Not UPF
Yes — Breakfast Pork Patties by Oakhurst, Aldi is ultra-processed, so it counts as a UPF (ultra-processed food). The product contains yeast extract, which is a pre-identified ultra-processed ingredient according to NOVA. Therefore, the product is classified as ultra-processed (UPF).
Nomi flags one ingredient in Breakfast Pork Patties as an ultra-processed marker: yeast extract. See the full ingredient breakdown above for what each one is.
Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are industrial formulations made with ingredients and additives you wouldn't find in a home kitchen — such as emulsifiers, artificial flavourings, colourings and modified starches. The classification is based on the NOVA system used by researchers and dietitians worldwide.
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Product information comes from public databases and Nomi's own analysis, and may contain errors. Always check the packaging. Ultra-processed classification is based on the NOVA food processing system.