Is Dafgårds Karins Pasta ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 59 ingredients
- 4 additives
- Nutri-Score C
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Pasta (durumvete, vatten), mjölk, nötkött 7%, tomat, broccoli, creme fraiche, ost (processing marker), vatten, bacon 1.5% (griskött, vatten, salt (processing marker), antioxidationsmedel (e331), konserveringsmedel (processing marker) (e250 (processing marker)), rökarom (ultra-processing marker)), Grana Padano (processing marker) (mjölk, salt (processing marker), löpe, konserveringsmedel (processing marker) (e1105 (från ägg))), lök, rapsolja, modifierad vetestärkelse (ultra-processing marker), tomatpuré, morot, selleri, tomat (tomat, solrosolja (processing marker), salt (processing marker), vitlök, lagerblad), vitlök, solrosfrö, salt (processing marker), sojasås (processing marker) (vatten, sojabönor, vete, salt (processing marker)), kycklingfond (vatten, kycklingkött, salt (processing marker)), persilja, basilika, socker (processing marker), vitvinsvinäger, kryddor (bland annat paprika), färgämne (ultra-processing marker) (sockerkulör (ultra-processing marker)), citronsaft
Additives: E1105 Lysozyme , E150a Plain caramel , E250 Sodium nitrite , E331 Sodium citrates
As written on the pack
Pasta (durumvete, vatten), mjölk, nötkött 7%, tomat, broccoli, creme fraiche, ost, vatten, bacon 1,5% (griskött, vatten, salt, antioxidationsmedel E331, konserveringsmedel E250, rökarom), Grana Padano (mjölk, salt, löpe, konserveringsmedel E1105 (från ägg)), lök, rapsolja, modifierad vetestärkelse, tomatpuré, morot, selleri, soltorkad tomat (tomat, solrosolja, salt, vitlök, lagerblad), vitlök, solrosfrö, salt, sojasås (vatten, sojabönor, vete, salt), kycklingfond (vatten, kycklingkött, salt), persilja, basilika, socker, vitvinsvinäger, kryddor (bl. a. paprika), färgämne (sockerkulör), citronsaft.
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.
- E150a Plain caramel Plain caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars.
- Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
- 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.
9 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.
- E250 Sodium nitrite 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.
- Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
- Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
- 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.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
- Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.
- Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.
Among 350 microwave meals
From least to most processed, this one ranks 274th. 72% of the microwave meals here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7310960032540, 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.