Is BioSalma Magnesium Apelsinsmak ultra-processed?

20 Flavoured dietary supplements Sold in Sweden

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Colour
Humectant
Sweetener
Vegetable fiber
E101 Riboflavin
E420 Sorbitol

17 ingredients
7 additives

Less processed dietary supplements

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

syra (citronsyra, äppelsyra), magnesiumkarbonat, surhetsreglerande medel (natriumvätekarbonat), inulin (ultra-processing marker), fuktighetsbevarande medel (ultra-processing marker) (sorbitol (ultra-processing marker)), majsstärkelse (processing marker), sötningsmedel (ultra-processing marker) (natriumcyklamat, natriumsackarin), apelsinarom, rödbets, färgämne (ultra-processing marker) (riboflavin (ultra-processing marker))

Additives: E101 Riboflavin , E101i Riboflavin , E296 Malic acid , E330 Citric acid , E420 Sorbitol , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

syra (citronsyra, äppelsyra), magnesiumkarbonat, surhetsreglerande medel (natriumvätekarbonat), inulin, fuktighetsbevarande medel (sorbitol), majsstärkelse, sötningsmedel (natriumcyklamat, natriumsackarin), apelsinarom, rödbetspulver, färgämne (riboflavin).

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.

E101 Riboflavin 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.
E420 Sorbitol Sorbitol is a sugar alcohol used as a sweetener and to keep products moist.
Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
Humectant Humectants are substances which prevent foods from drying out by counteracting the effect of an atmosphere having a low degree of humidity, or promote the dissolution of a powder in an aqueous medium.
Sweetener Sweeteners give sweetness with few or no calories, many at hundreds of times the strength of sugar.

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.

Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.

1 ingredient that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 9 flavoured dietary supplements

From least to most processed, this one ranks 4th. 100% of the flavoured dietary supplements 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 9 flavoured dietary supplements, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7350014910370, 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.
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.