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Is Dafgårds Gorbys The Original since 1989 ultra-processed?

Frozen pies Sold in Sweden

Pack of Dafgårds Gorbys The Original since 1989

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:

  • 17 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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

Vete, och rågmjöl, nötkött 17%, mjölk, tomatpuré, lök, vatten, rapsolja, stärkelse, ost, socker, salt, jäst, vitvinsvinäger, kryddor (bland annat paprika), druvsocker

As written on the pack

Vete - och rågmjöl (innehåller malt av korn), nötkött 17%, mjölk, tomatpuré, lök, vatten, rapsolja, stärkelse, ost, socker, salt, jäst, vitvinsvinäger, kryddor (bl. a paprika), druvsocker.

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.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
5 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.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • 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 3rd. 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 7310960031413, 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.