Is Coop Ostsnacks chili - knapriga & heta nuggets ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 23 ingredients
- 4 additives
- Nutri-Score D
Less processed breaded cheeses
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Vatten, vetemjöl, cheddarost (processing marker) 20%, stärkelse (processing marker) (potatis, tapioka), jalapeñochili 5%, solrosolja (processing marker), modifierad potatisstärkelse (ultra-processing marker), paprika, smör (processing marker), mjölkprotein (ultra-processing marker), smältsalt (e331), salt (processing marker), bakpulver (e450 (ultra-processing marker), e500), dextros (ultra-processing marker), jäst, förtjockningsmedel (ultra-processing marker) (e415 (ultra-processing marker)), peppar
Additives: E331 Sodium citrates , E415 Xanthan gum , E450 Diphosphates , E500 Sodium carbonates
As written on the pack
Vatten, vetemjöl, cheddarost 20%, stärkelse (potatis, tapioka), jalapeñochili 5%, solrosolja, modifierad potatisstärkelse, paprika, smör, mjölkprotein, smältsalt (E 331), salt, bakpulver (E 450, E 500), dextros, jäst, förtjockningsmedel (E 415), peppar.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
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.
- Cheeses Products in the category "Cheeses" are at least group 3.
- Salty snacks Products in the category "Salty snacks" are at least group 3.
- Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
- Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.
Among 14 breaded cheeses
From least to most processed, this one ranks 10th. 86% of the breaded cheeses here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7340011497929, 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.