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Is Arnes Salt Lakrits ultra-processed?

70 g Ice creams Sold in Sweden

Pack of Arnes Salt Lakrits

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:

  • 30 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed ice 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

Socker, skummjölk, glukossirap, grädde 12%, vatten, kakaosmör, helmjölkspulver, vegetabiliska oljor (raps, kokos, palm), vasslepulver, av mjölk, emulgeringsmedel (mono- och diglycerider av fettsyror, sojalecitin), salmiak, lakritspulver, stabiliseringsmedel (fruktkärnmjöl, guarkärnmjöl), lakritsextrakt, naturliga aromer, salt, färgämne (kol), skummjölkspulver, vaniljstång, maltodextrin, druvsocker

Additives: E153 Vegetable carbon , E412 Guar gum , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E510 Ammonium chloride

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E153 Vegetable carbon.

As written on the pack

Socker, skummjölk, glukossirap, grädde 12%, vatten, kakaosmör, helmjölkspulver, vegetabiliska oljor (raps, kokos, palm), vasslepulver [av mjölk), emulgeringsmedel (mono-och diglycerider av fettsyror, sojalecitin), salmiak, lakritspulver, stabiliseringsmedel (fruktkärnmjöl, guarkärnmjöl), lakritsextrakt, naturliga aromer, salt, färgämne (vegetabiliskt kol), skummjölkspulver, malen vaniljstång, maltodextrin, druvsocker.

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.

  • E153 Vegetable carbon A food additive authorised for industrial food production.
  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
  • 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.

  • 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.
  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
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.

  • Ice creams Products in the category "Ice creams" are at least group 3.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • 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 321 ice creams

From least to most processed, this one ranks 223rd. 93% of the ice 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 321 ice creams, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7312060700305, 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.