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Is Bama Good Shrimp & Spinach Salad ultra-processed?

370 g Prepared salads Sold in Sweden

Pack of Bama Good Shrimp & Spinach Salad

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:

  • 63 ingredients
  • 8 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed prepared salads

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

Matvete 35%, matvete, marinad (vatten, salt, rapsolja, vitvinsvinäger, modifierad potatisstärkelse, konserveringsmedel (e202, e211)), salladsmix 13.5% (babyspenat, rödkål, frisésallat, rosésallad), limeaioli 12%, rapsolja, vatten, äggula, limejuice, salt, vitlök, senapsfrö, ättiksprit, vinäger, socker, cayennepeppar, limeolja, konserveringsmedel (e202, e224), förtjockningsmedel (e412, e415), surhetsreglerande medel (e330), körsbärstomat 12%, handskalade räkor 11%, räkor (Pandalus borealis), lake (vatten, salt, surhetsreglerande medel (e330, e331), konserveringsmedel (e211, e202), socker), äpple 8%, äpple (vatten, kalciumklorid, antioxidationsmedel (e300)), edamerost 8% (mjölk, salt, syrningskultur, ystenzym, kalciumklorid)

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E211 Sodium benzoate , E224 Potassium metabisulphite , E300 Ascorbic acid , E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E412 Guar gum , E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

Matvete 35 % (matvete, marinad (vatten, salt, rapsolja, vitvinsvinäger, modifierad potatisstärkelse, konserveringsmedel (E202, E211))), salladsmix 13,5 % (babyspenat, rödkål, frisésallat, rosésallad), limeaioli 12 % (rapsolja, vatten, äggula, limejuice, salt, vitlök, senapsfrö, ättiksprit, vinäger, socker, cayennepeppar, limeolja, konserveringsmedel (E202, E224 (sulfit)), förtjockningsmedel (E412, E415), surhetsreglerande medel (E330)), körsbärstomat 12 %, handskalade räkor 11 % (räkor (Pandalus borealis), lake (vatten, salt, surhetsreglerande medel (E330, E331), konserveringsmedel (E211, E202), socker)), äpple 8 % (äpple (vatten, kalciumklorid, antioxidationsmedel (E300))), edamerost 8 % (mjölk, salt, syrningskultur, ystenzym, kalciumklorid).

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.

  • 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.
  • 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.
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.

  • 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.
  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • 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.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 224 prepared salads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 195th. 60% of the prepared salads 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 224 prepared salads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7330247560320, 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.