Is Dafgårds Spagetti Bolognese ultra-processed?

420 g Frozen meals with meat 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:

Modified starch

46 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score C

Less processed frozen meals with meat

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

Pasta 51% (durumvete, vatten), nötkött 16%, tomat, vatten, rapsolja, morot, lök, tomatpuré, tomat (solrosolja (processing marker), salt (processing marker), vitlök, lagerblad), OST (processing marker), kycklingfond (vatten, kyckling, salt (processing marker)), basilika, Grana Padano (processing marker) (mjölk, salt (processing marker), löpe, e1105 (från ÄGG)), sojasås (processing marker) (vatten, sojabönor, vete, salt (processing marker)), vitlök, salt (processing marker), persilja, kryddor (bland annat paprika, chili, oregano, timjan, cayenne, peppar), solrosfrö, modifierad VETESTÄRKELSE (ultra-processing marker), socker (processing marker), citronsaft

Additives: E1105 Lysozyme

As written on the pack

Pasta (51%) (DURUMVETE, vatten), nötkött (16%), tomat, vatten, rapsolja, morot, lök, tomatpuré, soltorkad tomat (solrosolja, salt, vitlök, lagerblad), OST, kycklingfond (vatten, kyckling, salt), basilika, Grana Padano (MJÖLK, salt, löpe, konserveringsmedel E1105 (från ÄGG)), SOJASÅS (vatten, SOJABÖNOR, VETE, salt), vitlök, salt, persilja, kryddor (bl. a paprika, chili, oregano, timjan, cayenne - peppar), solrosfrö, modifierad VETESTÄRKELSE, socker, 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.

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.

7 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.
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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 21 frozen meals with meat

From least to most processed, this one ranks 6th. 90% of the frozen meals with meat 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 21 frozen meals with meat, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7310960041870, last edited 18 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 C (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.