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Is Chef Select Egg Spaetzle ultra-processed?

Fresh pasta Sold in France and Germany

Pack of Chef Select Egg Spaetzle

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 7 ingredients
  • 1 additive

Less processed fresh pasta

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, vetemjöl, ägg 18%, rapsolja, salt, citronsyra, kryddextrakt

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Vatten, vetemjöl, 18 % ägg*, rapsolja, salt, syra (citronsyra), kryddextrakt,

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 22 fresh pasta

From least to most processed, this one ranks 11th. 50% of the fresh pasta 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 22 fresh pasta, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 20081157, last edited 3 August 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.