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Is Dafgårds Worlds best Mac & Cheese ultra-processed?

380 g Macaroni and cheese Sold in Sweden

Pack of Dafgårds Worlds best Mac & Cheese

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:

  • 29 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed macaroni and cheese

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

Mjölk, pasta 37% (durumvetemjöl, vatten, rapsolja, salt), ost 5%, bacon 4% (griskött, vatten, salt, rökarom, antioxidationsmedel (e331), stabiliseringsmedel (e451)), rapsolja, torkad lök, modifierad vetestärkelse, grönkål 1%, ostpulver, salt, vitvinsvinäger, kryddor (bland annat paprika), vitlök, socker, färgämne (betakaroten)

Additives: E160a Carotene , E160ai Beta-carotene , E331 Sodium citrates , E451 Triphosphates

As written on the pack

Mjölk, pasta 37% (durumvetemjöl, vatten, rapsolja, salt), ost 5%, bacon 4% (griskött, vatten, salt, rökarom, antioxidationsmedel (E331), stabiliseringsmedel (E451)), rapsolja, torkad lök, modifierad vetestärkelse, grönkål 1%, ostpulver, salt, vitvinsvinäger, kryddor (bl. a. paprika), vitlök, socker, färgämne (betakaroten).

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.

  • E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
  • 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.
  • 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.
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 48 macaroni and cheese

From least to most processed, this one ranks 39th. 94% of the macaroni and cheese 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 48 macaroni and cheese, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7310960035619, 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.