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Is Chef Select Tacosallad ultra-processed?

260 g Prepared salads Sold in Sweden

Pack of Chef Select Tacosallad

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:

  • 70 ingredients
  • 8 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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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

Sallad 29% (isbergssallad, lollo rosso, rosésallad), vitlöksdressing 17% (rapsolja, vatten, äppeljuice, vinäger, socker, äggula, vitlök, salt, lök, svartpepparextrakt, konserveringsmedel (kaliumsorbat, natriumbensoat), förtjockningsmedel (natriumalginat, xantangummi)), kyckling 15% (kycklingbröstfilé, vegetabiliska oljor (solros, raps), salt, druvsocker, antioxidationsmedel (natriumcitrater, natriumaskorbat), stabiliseringsmedel (karragenan), torkad morot, purjolök, jästextrakt, lökextrakt, pepparextrakt, mejram, libbsticka), majschips 13% (majsmjöl, solrosolja, salt), kidneybönor 5.7% (kidneybönor, salt), svarta bönor 5.7% (svarta bönor, salt), majs, paprika, rapsolja, kryddblandning (salt, druvsocker, kryddor (chili, spiskummin, koriander, oregano, persilja, jalapeño), lök, vitlök, tomat, färgämne (paprikaoleoresin)), grön chili, citronjuicekoncentrat

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E202 Potassium sorbate , E211 Sodium benzoate , E301 Sodium ascorbate , E331 Sodium citrates , E401 Sodium alginate , E407 Carrageenan , E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

Sallad 29 % (isbergssallad, lollo rosso, rosésallad), vitlöksdressing 17 % (rapsolja, vatten, äppeljuice, vinäger, socker, äggula, vitlök, salt, lökpulver, svartpepparextrakt, konserveringsmedel (kaliumsorbat, natriumbensoat), förtjockningsmedel (natriumalginat, xantangummi)), marinerad och stekt kyckling 15 % (kycklingbröstfilé, vegetabiliska oljor (solros, raps), salt, druvsocker, antioxidationsmedel (natriumcitrater, natriumaskorbat), stabiliseringsmedel (karragenan), torkad morot, torkad purjolök, jästextrakt, lökextrakt, pepparextrakt, mejram, libbsticka), majschips 13 % (majsmjöl, solrosolja, salt), kidneybönor 5,7 % (kidneybönor, salt), svarta bönor 5,7 % (svarta bönor, salt), majs, grillad paprika, rapsolja, kryddblandning (salt, druvsocker, kryddor (chilipulver, spiskummin, koriander, oregano, persilja, jalapeño), lök, vitlök, tomat, färgämne (paprikaoleoresin)), grön chili, citronjuicekoncentrat.

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.

  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • E401 Sodium alginate 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.
  • E407 Carrageenan Carrageenan is a thickener and gelling agent extracted from red seaweed, used widely in dairy desserts, plant-based drinks and processed meats.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • 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.
6 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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 224 prepared salads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 218th. 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 4056489266693, 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.