Sweet BBQ Pork Ribs
Birchwood Slow Cooked
Processing
4
Ultra-processed
Group 4 of 4 on the NOVA scale
Additives listed
5
0 we grade moderate or higher
4 of them not yet assessed here
Sugars per 100g
13.10g
Medium
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 (5)
This label lists 3 acidity regulators, 1 colour and 1 raising agent.
E330
Citric acid
Acidity regulator
What it is. A mild acid found naturally in citrus fruit, made commercially by fermentation.
Why it is used. Adds tartness, balances flavour and helps preserve. One of the most used additives in food.
What the evidence says. Safe at food levels. No credible health concern for the additive itself.
Permitted freely.
Assessed against EFSA, JECFA. Full entry for E330
Also on the label, not assessed here yet
- E160C Paprika extract, capsanthin colour
- E331 Sodium citrates acidity regulator
- E450 Diphosphates raising agent
- E451 Triphosphates acidity regulator
Names and jobs come from the register of additives permitted in Great Britain, which we have not finished transcribing: a code shown without a name is a gap in our coverage, not a finding that it is unapproved. Naming one is not grading it either. Full detail appears only where we have an assessment against a named authority, so all of this describes our coverage rather than these additives. Most are common and low concern.
Ingredients
73% pork ribs, 18% sweet barbecue style sauce (water, sugar, tomato paste, spirit vinegar, molasses, cornflour, caramelised sugar syrup, paprika, salt, garlic powder, ground black pepper, onion powder), 7% marinade (water, glucose syrup, salt, stabilisers: diphosphates, triphosphates, modified maize starch, acidity regulators: sodium citrates, citric acid, yeast extract), 2% barbecue style glaze (sugar, salt, paprika, black pepper, tomato powder, onion powder, corn starch, rice flour, garlic powder, smoke flavouring, red pepper, chilli powder, colour: paprika extract, sunflower oil), allergy advice may also contain nuts and peanuts
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.