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Is Carolines kök Mr. Panini Kebab-vitlök ultra-processed?

235 g Sandwiches Sold in Sweden

Pack of Carolines kök Mr. Panini Kebab-vitlök

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:

  • 80 ingredients
  • 10 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Paninibröd 47% (vetemjöl, vatten, solrosfrö, linfrö, vetegluten, salt, vetekli, jäst, rapsolja, socker, druvsocker, maltmjöl av korn), vitlöks-majonnäs 29%, rybsolja, edamerost (mjölk, syrningskultur, ystningsenzym, surhetsreglerande medel (e509, e460)), vatten, röd lök, äggula, saltgurka, socker, vitlök, ättika, senapsfrö, tomatpuré, Thai Sweet chili, vatten, socker, sambal oelek 11% (röd chilipeppar, salt, konserveringsmedel (e260), paprika, modifierad majsstärkelse, syra (e260), salt, vitlök, lök, förtjockningsmedel (e415), konserveringsmedel (e211)), gul lök, salt, chilifrö, förtjockningsmedel (e412, e415), Kebab 17%, nötkött 93%, vatten, kryddor (lök, svartpeppar, libbsticka, vitlök, bockhornsklöver, socker (glukos, sackaros, oligofruktos, maltodextrin), salt, växtfiber (potatis), modifierad stärkelse (e1442), arom), potatisfiber, stabiliseringsmedel (e450, e451)

Additives: E1442 Hydroxypropyl distarch phosphate , E14XX Modified Starch , E211 Sodium benzoate , E260 Acetic acid , E412 Guar gum , E415 Xanthan gum , E450 Diphosphates , E451 Triphosphates , E460 Cellulose , E509 Calcium chloride

As written on the pack

Paninibröd 47 % (vetemjöl, vatten, solrosfrö, linfrö, vetegluten, salt, vetekli, jäst, rapsolja, socker, druvsocker, maltmjöl av korn), vitlöks-majonnäs 29 % (rybsolja, edamerost (mjölk, syrningskultur, ystningsenzym, surhetsreglerande medel (E509), (E460)), vatten, röd lök, äggula, saltgurka, socker, vitlök, ättika, senapsfrö, tomatpuré, Thai Sweet chili (vatten, socker, sambal oelek 11 % (röd chilipeppar, salt, konserveringsmedel (E260), paprika, modifierad majsstärkelse, syra (E260), salt, vitlök, lök, förtjockningsmedel (E415), konserveringsmedel (E211)), gul lök, salt, chilifrö, förtjockningsmedel (E412, E415)), Kebab 17 % (nötkött 93 %, vatten, kryddor (lök, svartpeppar, libbsticka, vitlök, bockhornsklöver, socker, (glukos, sackaros, oligofruktos, maltodextrin), salt, växtfiber (potatis), modifierad stärkelse (E1442), arom), potatisfiber, stabiliseringsmedel (E450, E451).

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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
  • 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.
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  • E460 Cellulose 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.
  • 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.

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.
  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
  • 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.
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.

  • 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.
  • Sandwiches Products in the category "Sandwiches" are at least group 3.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 324 sandwiches

From least to most processed, this one ranks 315th. 82% of the sandwiches 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 324 sandwiches, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7331500001239, 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.