Thick Pork Sausages

Name: Thick Pork Sausages
Brand: Richmond

Richmond

5057624566660

Processing

Ultra-processed

Group 4 of 4 on the NOVA scale

Additives listed

0 we grade moderate or higher

6 of them not yet assessed here

Fat per 100g

18g

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 (7)

This label lists 2 antioxidants, 2 thickeners and gelling agents, 1 colour, 1 preservative and 1 raising agent.

E300 Ascorbic acid (vitamin C)
Antioxidant No real concern strong evidence

What it is. Vitamin C, added to protect colour and flavour and sometimes to fortify.

Why it is used. Stops browning in juices and cut fruit, protects fats, and boosts vitamin content.

What the evidence says. Beneficial and harmless at the levels used. Included here as a reminder that an E number is just a code, and plenty of them are ordinary nutrients.

Regulatory status UK Permitted EU Permitted US Permitted

Permitted freely, no concern.

Assessed against EFSA, JECFA. Full entry for E300

Also on the label, not assessed here yet

E120 Cochineal, carminic acid, carmines colour
E223 Sodium metabisulphite preservative
E307 Alpha-tocopherol antioxidant
E401 Sodium alginate thickener
E412 Guar gum thickener
E450 Diphosphates raising agent

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

20 Thick Frozen Pork Sausages Pork (42%), Water, Rusk (WHEAT), Pork Fat, Starch (WHEAT), SOYA Protein, Salt, Stabilisers: Diphosphates, Guar Gum", Sodium Alginate; Flavourings, Preservative: Sodium MetabiSULPHITE**; Antioxidants: Ascorbic Acid, Alpha Tocopherol; Colour: Carmine. Casing: Beef Collagen *Avegetable-based ingredient that helps keep our sausages succulent. ** This just keeps them fresh for longer! Allergy advice: For Allergens, see ingredients in BOLD. STORAGE INFORMATION Food freezer until Best Before End. Star marked refrigerator frozen compartment No need to thaw. If thawed, cook within 12 hours of removal until Best Before 1month 1 week. from the freezer. Do not refreeze once defrosted.

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.

Processing level

NOVA group 4: Ultra-processed

Industrial formulations with additives, isolates and ingredients you would not cook with at home. The strongest modern evidence links high intake of these to poorer health outcomes.

Nutrients per 100g

Fat

18g

High

Saturates

6.60g

High

Sugars

1.20g

Low

Salt

1.87g

High

Judged on the UK FSA front of pack thresholds for solid foods. A dash means the source has no figure, which is not the same as a low one.

Other packs of this product

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Thick pork Sausages
5057624366161 NOVA 4

Where this came from

Product data from Open Food Facts, which is crowd sourced and can be incomplete or out of date. Photograph from the same source, under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike licence. Open Food Facts last changed this record on 21 March 2026, and our copy is from 20 August 2026. The source is checked every night, and a product is rewritten here only when its record there changes. Something wrong? Correcting it at the source fixes it here and everywhere else that uses the same data. If the problem is one of our additive assessments, tell us.

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