Is Abba Mästar makrill i tomatsås ultra-processed?

185 g Mackerels Sold in Sweden

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Thickener
E412 Guar gum
E415 Xanthan gum

14 ingredients
5 additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed mackerels

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

Makrill 50%, tomatpuré 28%, vatten, socker (processing marker), salt (processing marker), antioxidationsmedel (askorbinsyra, citronsyra), konserveringsmedel (processing marker) (kaliumsorbat (processing marker)), förtjockningsmedel (ultra-processing marker) (guarkärnmjöl (ultra-processing marker), xantangummi (ultra-processing marker)), rapsolja

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E300 Ascorbic acid , E330 Citric acid , E412 Guar gum , E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

Makrill (50%), tomatpuré (28%), vatten, socker, salt, antioxidationsmedel (askorbinsyra, citronsyra), konserveringsmedel (kaliumsorbat), förtjockningsmedel (guarkärnmjöl, xantangummi), rapsolja.

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.

4 ingredients that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 64 mackerels

From least to most processed, this one ranks 64th. 9% of the mackerels 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 64 mackerels, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7311171008287, last edited 2 April 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 C (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.