Steak Slice
Processing
4
Ultra-processed
Group 4 of 4 on the NOVA scale
Additives listed
1
0 we grade moderate or higher
Counted from the label, not by quantity
Saturates per 100g
6.60g
High
UK FSA front of pack threshold
Three separate readings, kept apart on purpose. This is not a score, and none of it says this product is harmful.
Additives (1)
This label lists 1 emulsifier.
E471
Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids
Emulsifier
What it is. Fat derived emulsifiers, closely related to ordinary dietary fats.
Why it is used. One of the most used additives in food: bread, margarine, ice cream, cakes and sauces.
What the evidence says. The body handles these much as it handles other fats, and EFSA's re-evaluation raised no safety concern at the levels used. They sit in the same broad emulsifier and gut microbiome research question as the others, which remains unsettled.
Permitted without a numerical limit. The fat source is not always stated, which matters for some diets rather than for safety.
Assessed against EFSA. Full entry for E471
Ingredients
Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Niacin, Iron, Thiamin), Water, Beef (21%), Margarine (Palm Fat, Water, Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Emulsifier: Mono - and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids), Onion, Modified Maize Starch, Pasteurised Whole Egg, Beef Stock (Beef, Water, Salt, Potato Flakes, Cane Molasses, Caramelised Sugar Syrup, Onion Powder, Ground Black Pepper), Barley Yeast Extract, Salt, Onion Powder, Barley Malt Extract, Ground Black Pepper, Ground Bay.
As printed on the pack, in the producer's own order: ingredients are listed by weight, so what comes first is most of what is in it. E numbers link to their assessment where we have one.