Is Axfood Tapas de España ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 36 ingredients
- 4 additives
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Serrano (Helmuskelskinka av gris, salt (processing marker), antioxidationsmedel (e301), konserveringsmedel (processing marker) (e252 (processing marker), e250 (processing marker))), Chorizo (Kött från gris, salt (processing marker), paprika, druvsocker (ultra-processing marker), vitlök, mjölkpulver (processing marker), antioxidationsmedel (e301), konserveringsmedel (processing marker) (e252 (processing marker), e250 (processing marker)), kryddor (muskot, oregano), startkultur (processing marker)), Salchichón (Kött från gris, salt (processing marker), maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), druvsocker (ultra-processing marker), vitpeppar, svartpeppar, antioxidationsmedel (e316), konserveringsmedel (processing marker) (e250 (processing marker)), startkultur (processing marker))
Additives: E250 Sodium nitrite , E252 Potassium nitrate , E301 Sodium ascorbate , E316 Sodium erythorbate
As written on the pack
Serrano (Helmuskelskinka av gris, salt, antioxidationsmedel (E301), konserveringsmedel (E252, E250)), Chorizo (Kött från gris, salt, paprika, druvsocker, vitlök, mjölkpulver, antioxidationsmedel (E301), konserveringsmedel (E252, E250), kryddor (muskot, oregano), startkultur), Salchichón (Kött från gris, salt, maltodextrin, druvsocker, vitpeppar, svartpeppar, antioxidationsmedel (E316), konserveringsmedel (E250), startkultur).
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.
- Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
- Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
6 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.
- E250 Sodium nitrite Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
- E252 Potassium nitrate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
- Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.
- Microbial culture Microbial cultures ferment foods such as yoghurt, cheese and sourdough.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7340083404627, last edited 8 July 2025), 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.