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Is Axfood Vegansk salami, skivad ultra-processed?

80 g Prepared meat cuts substitutes Sold in Sweden

Pack of Axfood Vegansk salami, skivad

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:

  • 27 ingredients
  • 7 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed meat analogues

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

Vatten, rapsolja, potatisprotein 8%, ärtprotein 7%, förtjockningsmedel (e407, e425, e461, e412), modifierad stärkelse, linfrö, salt, naturligt färgande livsmedel (paprikaextrakt, bockhornsklöver, rödbets), aromer, kryddor (paprika, palsternacka), kryddextrakt (paprika, svartpeppar), socker, färgämne (e172), kornmaltextrakt

Additives: E14XX Modified Starch , E160c Paprika extract , E172 Iron oxides and iron hydroxides , E407 Carrageenan , E412 Guar gum , E425 Konjac , E461 Methyl cellulose

As written on the pack

Vatten, rapsolja, potatisprotein 8%, ärtprotein 7%, förtjockningsmedel (E407, E425, E461, E412), modifierad stärkelse, krossat linfrö, salt, naturligt färgande livsmedel (paprikaextrakt, bockhornsklöverextrakt, rödbetsextrakt), aromer, kryddor (paprika, palsternacka), kryddextrakt (paprika, svartpeppar), socker, färgämne (E172), kornmaltextrakt

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.

  • E14xx Modified Starch Modified starches (E1400 to E1452) are starches treated physically, with enzymes or chemically so that they thicken and hold up to heating, freezing or acidity better than ordinary starch.
  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • E172 Iron oxides and iron hydroxides Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
  • E407 Carrageenan Carrageenan is a thickener and gelling agent extracted from red seaweed, used widely in dairy desserts, plant-based drinks and processed meats.
  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
  • E425 Konjac A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
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  • E461 Methyl cellulose Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.
  • 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.
3 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.

  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 18 prepared meat cuts substitutes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 18th. 100% of the prepared meat cuts substitutes 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 18 prepared meat cuts substitutes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7340083492358, 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.