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Is Coop Vegan Pesto Basilika ultra-processed?

190g Pestos Sold in Finland

Pack of Coop Vegan Pesto Basilika

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:

  • 14 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed pestos

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

Basilika 39%, solrosolja, potatis, vatten, cashewnötter 6%, sojabönor, havrefiber, salt, e300, e270, e330, vinäger, muskotnöt, peppar

Additives: E270 Lactic acid , E300 Ascorbic acid , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Basilika 39 % (Italien), solrosolja, potatis, vatten, cashewnötter 6 %, sojabönor, havrefiber, salt, antioxidationsmedel (E 300), surhetsreglerande medel (E 270, E330), vinäger, muskotnöt, peppar. Kan innehålla spår av jordnötter, mjölk, mandel, valnötter, pistagenötter.

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

  • Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
2 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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 134 pestos

From least to most processed, this one ranks 96th. 51% of the pestos 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 134 pestos, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7340191182493, last edited 21 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.
  • 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.