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Is Bama Foods AB Egg & Bacon Sandwich ultra-processed?

169 g Sandwiches filled with cold cuts Sold in Sweden

Pack of Bama Foods AB Egg & Bacon Sandwich

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:

  • 61 ingredients
  • 9 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed sandwiches filled with cold cuts

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

Bröd 50% (vatten, vetemjöl, fullkornsvetemjöl, rågkärnor, fullkornsrågmjöl, vetegluten, jäst, sirap, salt, rapsolja, linfrö, kornmalt), äggsallad 24% (ägg, rapsolja, vatten, ättiksprit, salt, senapsfrö, kryddor, surhetsreglerande medel (e330), citronkoncentrat, stabiliseringsmedel (e412, e4 15), konserveringsmedel (e211, e202), salt, dill), bacon 18% (griskött, vatten, salt, druvsocker, rökarom, stabiliseringsmedel (e451), antioxidationsmedel (e316), konserveringsmedel (e250)), söt yoghurt-& senapsmajonnäs 8% (vatten, yoghurt, rapsolja, invertsockersirap, senapsfrö, förtjockningsmedel (e1442, e412, e415), äggula, socker, salt, ättiksprit, vinäger, cayennepeppar, gurkmeja)

Additives: E1442 Hydroxypropyl distarch phosphate , E202 Potassium sorbate , E211 Sodium benzoate , E250 Sodium nitrite , E316 Sodium erythorbate , E330 Citric acid , E412 Guar gum , E415 Xanthan gum , E451 Triphosphates

As written on the pack

Bröd 50 %(vatten, vetemjöl, fullkornsvetemjöl, krossade rågkärnor, fullkornsrågmjöl, vetegluten, jäst, sirap, salt, rapsolja, linfrö, kornmalt), äggsallad 24 %( ägg, rapsolja, vatten, ättiksprit, salt, senapsfrö, kryddor, surhetsreglerande medel (E330), citronkoncentrat, stabiliseringsmedel (E412, E4 15), konserveringsmedel (E211, E202), salt, dill), stekt bacon 18 % (griskött, vatten, salt, druvsocker, rökarom, stabiliseringsmedel (E451), antioxidationsmedel (E316), konserveringsmedel (E250)), söt yoghurt-& senapsmajonnäs 8 % (vatten, yoghurt, rapsolja, invertsockersirap, senapsfrö, förtjockningsmedel (E1442, E412, E415), äggula, socker, salt, ättiksprit, vinäger, cayennepeppar, gurkmeja).

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.

  • E1442 Hydroxypropyl distarch phosphate Hydroxypropyl distarch phosphate is a chemically modified starch used to thicken and stabilise desserts, sauces and soups.
  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • E451 Triphosphates 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.
  • 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.

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.
  • Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
  • Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
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.

  • E202 Potassium sorbate 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.
  • 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.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Sandwiches Products in the category "Sandwiches" are at least group 3.
  • Bread An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 24 sandwiches filled with cold cuts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 22nd. 83% of the sandwiches filled with cold cuts 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 24 sandwiches filled with cold cuts, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7330247303231, 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.