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Is Axfood Garant Lasagne Bolognese ultra-processed?

390 g Frozen lasagne Sold in Sweden

Pack of Axfood Garant Lasagne Bolognese

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:

  • 37 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed frozen lasagne

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

Köttfärssås 56% (vatten, nötkött 13%, morot, krossade tomater (tomater, tomatjuice), tomatpuré, lök, purjolök, solrosolja, skummjölkspulver, socker, potatisstärkelse, vetemjöl, salt, vitlök, timjan, svartpeppar, muskotnöt), béchamel 22% (vatten, vetemjöl, solrosolja, vasslepulver (från mjölk), salt, muskotnöt), pasta 20% (durumvete, vatten, äggblandning (äggvita, ägg, salt)), emmentalost 2% (med maltodextrin)

As written on the pack

Köttfärssås 56% (vatten, nötkött 13%, morot, krossade tomater (tomater, tomatjuice), tomatpuré, lök, purjolök, solrosolja, skummjölkspulver, socker, potatisstärkelse, vetemjöl, salt, vitlök, timjan, svartpeppar, muskotnöt), béchamel 22% (vatten, vetemjöl, solrosolja, vasslepulver (från mjölk), salt, muskotnöt), pasta 20% (durumvete, vatten, äggblandning (äggvita, ägg, salt)), emmentalost 2% (med maltodextrin).

What makes it ultra-processed

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.
  • 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.
8 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.
  • 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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.
  • 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 19 frozen lasagne

From least to most processed, this one ranks 13th. 89% of the frozen lasagne 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 19 frozen lasagne, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7340083437915, 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.