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Is Dafgårds Spagetti Carbonara ultra-processed?

390 g Pork meals Sold in Sweden

Pack of Dafgårds Spagetti Carbonara

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:

  • 31 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed pork meals

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 53% (durumvete, vatten, rapsolja, salt), mjölk, grädde, bacon 8% (griskött, vatten, salt, rökarom, antioxidationsmedel (e331), stabiliseringsmedel (e451), konserveringsmedel (e250)), Grana Padano, mjölk, salt, löpe, konserveringsmedel (e1105 (från ägg)), ost, vatten, modifierad stärkelse, salt, kryddor, ägg

Additives: E1105 Lysozyme , E14XX Modified Starch , E250 Sodium nitrite , E331 Sodium citrates , E451 Triphosphates

As written on the pack

Pasta 53% (durumvete, vatten, rapsolja, salt), mjölk, grädde, bacon 8% (griskött, vatten, salt, rökarom, antioxidationsmedel (E331), stabiliseringsmedel (E451), konserveringsmedel (E250)), Grana Padano (mjölk, salt, löpe, konserveringsmedel (E1105 (från ägg))), ost, vatten, modifierad stärkelse, salt, kryddor, ägg.

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.

  • E14xx Modified Starch Modified starches (E1400 to E1452) are starches treated physically, with enzymes or chemically so that they thicken and hold up to heating, freezing or acidity better than ordinary starch.
  • E451 Triphosphates Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • 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.
6 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.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 62 pork meals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 51st. 87% of the pork meals 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 62 pork meals, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7310960034445, 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.