Is Axfood Fiskgratäng med skaldjurssås ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- Emulsifier
- Flavouring
- Maltodextrin
- Sweetener
- Modified starch
- E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids
- 65 ingredients
- 5 additives
- Nutri-Score C
Less processed fish gratin
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Potatismos, vatten, potatis, mos (ultra-processing marker), potatis, kärnmjölkspulver, mjölkpulver (processing marker), salt (processing marker), gräddpulver, stabiliseringsmedel (e471 (ultra-processing marker)), antioxidationsmedel (e222, askorbinsyra), kryddextrakt (svartpeppar), skummjölkspulver (processing marker), smör (processing marker), salt (processing marker), pepparextrakt, renskurna filéer av Alaska pollock (Theragra chalcogramma), skaldjurssås, vatten, räkor 3% (Pandatus borealis), skummjölkspulver (processing marker), modifierad majsstärkelse (ultra-processing marker), gräddpulver, hummerfond, naturliga aromer (ultra-processing marker), tomatkoncentrat, lök, lök, salt (processing marker), syra (e330), konserveringsmedel (processing marker) (e223), morotskoncentrat, vitlök, hummer 0.4%, maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), vatten, konjak, solrosolja (processing marker), morot, purjolök, dill, margarin (rapsolja, vatten, salt (processing marker), emulgeringsmedel (ultra-processing marker) (e471 (ultra-processing marker), solroslecitin), antioxidationsmedel (citronsyra), smörarom (ultra-processing marker)), hummerkött 0.3% (Homarus americanus), räkarom (ultra-processing marker), salt (processing marker), tomatpuré, pepparextrakt
Additives: E222 Sodium bisulphite , E223 Sodium metabisulphite , E300 Ascorbic acid , E330 Citric acid , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids
As written on the pack
Potatismos (vatten, potatis - mospulver (potatis, kärnmjölkspulver, mjölkpulver, salt, gräddpulver, stabiliseringsmedel (E471), antioxidationsmedel (E222 (innehåller sulfit), askorbinsyra), kryddextrakt (svartpeppar)), skummjölkspulver, smör, salt, pepparextrakt), renskurna filéer av Alaska pollock* (Theragra chalcogramma), skaldjurssås (vatten, räkor** 3% (Pandatus borealis), skummjölkspulver, modifierad majsstärkelse, gräddpulver, hummerfond (naturliga aromer, tomatkoncentrat, lökpuré (lök, salt, syra (E330), konserveringsmedel (E223 (innehåller sulfit)), morotskoncentrat, vitlök, hummerextrakt 0,4%, maltodextrin, vatten, konjak, solrosolja), morot, purjolök, dill, vegetabiliskt margarin (rapsolja, vatten, salt, emulgeringsmedel (E471, solroslecitin), antioxidationsmedel (citronsyra), smörarom), hummerkött*** 0,3% (Homarus americanus), räkarom, salt, tomatpuré, pepparextrakt.
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.
- E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
- 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.
- Sweetener Sweeteners give sweetness with few or no calories, many at hundreds of times the strength of sugar.
- 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.
- Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
7 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.
- Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
- Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
- Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
- 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.
Among 16 fish gratin
From least to most processed, this one ranks 14th. 81% of the fish gratin here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7311041068908, 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.