Is Coop Red Hot Chili Hamburgerost ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 9 ingredients
- 2 additives
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
mjölk, salt (processing marker), chili, syrningskultur, mikrobiellt ystenzym, konserveringsmedel (processing marker) (e251 (processing marker)), färgämne (ultra-processing marker) (e160b (ultra-processing marker))
Additives: E160b Annatto , E251 Sodium nitrate
As written on the pack
Pastöriserad mjölk, salt, chiliflingor, syrningskultur, mikrobiellt ystenzym, konserveringsmedel (E 251), färgämne (E 160b).
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.
- E160b Annatto Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
- Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
3 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.
- E251 Sodium nitrate 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.
- Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7300156577191, 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.
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.