Is Arla Köket lätt creme fraiche ultra-processed?

2 dl Sour creams 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:

Modified starch
Vegetable fiber

19 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score E

Less processed sour creams

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

grädde, vatten, lök, salt (processing marker), örtkryddor (basilika, timjan, dragon, oregano), socker (processing marker), modifierad majsstärkelse (ultra-processing marker), torkad vitlök, majsstärkelse (processing marker), stabiliseringsmedel (fruktkärnmjöl, pektin), citrusfiber (ultra-processing marker), naturlig vitlöksarom, syrningskultur

Additives: E440a Pectin

As written on the pack

Pastöriserad grädde, vatten, lök, salt, örtkryddor (basilika, timjan, dragon, oregano), socker, modifierad majsstärkelse, torkad vitlök, majsstärkelse, stabiliseringsmedel (fruktkärnmjöl, pektin), citrusfiber, naturlig vitlöksarom, syrningskultur.

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.

Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.

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.

Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.

3 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.
Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 52 sour creams

From least to most processed, this one ranks 45th. 37% of the sour creams 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 52 sour creams, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7310865003782, 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 E (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.