Is Culinea Örtmarinerade kycklingben och -lår ultra-processed?

1100 g Chicken thighs Sold in Sweden

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
Glucose
Glucose syrup

13 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score B

Less processed chicken thighs

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

Kycklingben och, lår 87%, vatten, salt (processing marker), örtkryddor (rosmarin, basilika, timjan), druvsocker (ultra-processing marker), arom (ultra-processing marker), antioxidationsmedel (natriumaskorbat), glukossirap (ultra-processing marker)

Additives: E301 Sodium ascorbate

As written on the pack

Kycklingben och - lår 87 %, vatten, salt, örtkryddor (rosmarin, basilika, timjan), druvsocker, arom, antioxidationsmedel (natriumaskorbat), glukossirap.

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.

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.

Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.

1 ingredient 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 11 chicken thighs

From least to most processed, this one ranks 7th. 82% of the chicken thighs 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 11 chicken thighs, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 20518585, 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 B (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.