Is Ålandsbagarn Berlinermunk ultra-processed?

170 g Doughnuts Sold in Aland Islands

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Colour
Glucose
Glucose syrup
E127 Erythrosine
E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

20 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score D

Less processed doughnuts

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

vetemjöl, vatten, socker (processing marker), vegetabilisk fett (processing marker) (solros, kokos), jäst, mjölkpulver (processing marker), ÄGG, salt (processing marker), veteprotein, sockerglasyr, kardemumma, stärkelsesirap (ultra-processing marker), färgämne (ultra-processing marker) (e127 (ultra-processing marker)), emulg.med (e472e (ultra-processing marker)), frityrfett (palm)

Additives: E127 Erythrosine , E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

As written on the pack

VETEMJÖL, vatten,socker, veg.fett(solros,kokos),jäst,MJÖLKPULVER, ÄGG, salt, VETEPROTEIN,sockerglasyr, kardemumma,stärkelsesirap,färgämne(E127) emulg.med.(E472e), frityrfett(palm)

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.

E127 Erythrosine Erythrosine is a synthetic red dye (FD&C Red No. 3 in the US).
E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.

5 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.

Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
Vegetable fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.
Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 14 doughnuts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 3rd. 86% of the doughnuts 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 14 doughnuts, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 6412930004487, last edited 11 October 2021), 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 D (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.