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Is Coop Matpaj med ost & skinka ultra-processed?

220 g Frozen pies Sold in Sweden

Pack of Coop Matpaj med ost & skinka

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:

  • 44 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed frozen pies

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

Vetemjöl, durumvetemjöl, skinka 17% (skinkbitar, vatten, svål, potatis, stärkelse, salt, dextros, konserveringsmedel (e250), antioxidationsmedel (e300), rosmarin, rökarom), mjölk, ägg 14% (från frigående höns), emmentalerost 8% (mjölk, starterkultur, konsistensmedel (mikrobiellt ystenzym), salt, kalciumklorid (e509)), mozzarella 8% (mjölk, salt, starterkultur, konsistensmedel (mikrobiellt ystenzym), kalciumklorid (e509)), grädde, purjolök 5%, smör, rapsolja, majsstärkelse, ostpulver, potatisstärkelse, salt, pepparextrakt

Additives: E250 Sodium nitrite , E300 Ascorbic acid , E509 Calcium chloride

As written on the pack

Vetemjöl och durumvetemjöl, skinka 17% (skinkbitar, vatten, svål, potatis - stärkelse, salt, dextros, konserveringsmedel (E 250), antioxidationsmedel (E 300), rosmarin, rökarom), mjölk, ägg 14% (från frigående höns), emmentalerost 8% (mjölk , starterkultur, konsistensmedel (mikrobiellt ystenzym), salt, kalciumklorid (E 509)), mozzarella 8% (mjölk, salt, starterkultur, konsistensmedel (mikrobiellt ystenzym), kalciumklorid (E 509)), grädde, purjolök 5%, smör, rapsolja, majsstärkelse, ostpulver, potatisstärkelse, salt, pepparextrakt.

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.

  • Firming agent Firming agents keep fruit and vegetable tissue crisp or firm through processing and storage.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
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.

  • E250 Sodium nitrite 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.
  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 20 frozen pies

From least to most processed, this one ranks 17th. 90% of the frozen pies 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 20 frozen pies, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7300156480750, 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.