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Is Arla Mousse dessert ultra-processed?

100 Desserts Sold in Sweden

Pack of Arla Mousse dessert

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 13 ingredients
  • 1 additive

Less processed desserts

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

pastöriserad mjölk och grädde, mango, puré 9%, socker, passionsfrukt 7.1% (av koncentrat), majsstärkelse, gelatin, mjölkprotein, emulgeringsmedel mono- och diglyceriders mjölksyraestrar, naturlig arom, lactasenzym, yoghurtkultur

Additives: E428 Gelatine

As written on the pack

pastöriserad mjölk och grädde, mango- puré 9%, socker, passionsfruktjuice 7,1% (av koncentrat), majsstärkelse, gelatin, mjölkprotein, emulgeringsmedel mono - och diglyceriders mjölksyraestrar), naturlig arom, lactasenzym, yoghurtkultur

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.

  • E428 Gelatine Gelatine is a gelling agent made from collagen in animal skin and bones.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.

  • Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
2 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.

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

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,247 desserts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1122nd. 75% of the desserts 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 2,247 desserts, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 6413300024234, 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.