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Is Döskalle ultra-processed?

329 g Confectioneries Sold in Sweden

Pack of Döskalle

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:

  • 93 ingredients
  • 18 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

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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

Socker, glukossirap, stärkelse (bla, vete, majs), gelam modifierad stärkelse (bland annat potatis), vatten dextros, glukos-fruktossirap, syror, e330, e270 (296), maltodextrin, koncentral, spirulina, apple, safflor, morot, svarta vinbär, citron, rädisa, körsbär, svart morot, batal, paprika, pumpa, rödbetor, pota aromer palmer, fargämnen (e100, e160, e160a, e163, e162, e120), vete, olja (kokos), naturliga aru surhetsreglerinde medel (e270, e325, e350), emulgeringsmedel (e322, e473), fruktjuicekoncentrat (jordgubbar, hallon, an apple apelsin, citron, svart morot), vasslepermeat, karamellsirap, frukt (apple korsbar, hallon, ananu ron jordgubbe persika, banan, apelsin, blåbär, bjornbar, mango, vattenmelon, kw), helmjölkspulver, kakaosm SKUMMJOLKSPULVER, Fuktighetsbevarande medel (f420 (H)), ytbehandlingsmedel (e901, 1903), klumpförebygg (e470b, e471), kakaomassa, smorolja, vassle (mjolk), karamellsockerlag (socker, vatten), papraextrakt, fettred kakaopulver, sall, gurki jaextrakt, bakpulver (e500i), jordgubbsjuice, förtjockningsmedel (e418 14 1414)

Additives: E100 Curcumin , E120 Cochineal , E160 Carotenoids , E160a Carotene , E162 Beetroot red , E163 Anthocyanins , E270 Lactic acid , E322 Lecithins , E325 Sodium lactate , E330 Citric acid , E350 Sodium malates , E418 Gellan gum , E470b Magnesium salts of fatty acids , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E473 Sucrose esters of fatty acids , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500i Sodium carbonate , E901 White and yellow beeswax

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E418 Gellan gum.

As written on the pack

Socker, glukossirap, stärkelse (bla. VETE, majs), gelam modifierad stärkelse (bl.a. potatis), vatten dextros, glukos-fruktossirap, syror (E330, E270, (296), maltodextrin, koncentral (spirulina, apple, safflor, morot, svarta vinbär, citron, rädisa, körsbär, svart morot, batal, paprika, pumpa, rödbetor, pota aromer palmer, fargämnen (E100, E160, E160a, E163, E162, E120), VETEMJOL, vegetabilisk olja (kokos), naturliga aru surhetsreglerinde medel (E270, E325, E350), emulgeringsmedel (E322, E473), fruktjuicekoncentrat (jordgubbar, hallon, an apple apelsin, citron, svart morot), vasslepermeat (MJÖLK), karamellsirap, fruktpuré (apple korsbar, hallon, ananu ron jordgubbe persika, banan, apelsin, blåbär, bjornbar, mango, vattenmelon, kw), HELMJÖLKSPULVER, kakaosm SKUMMJOLKSPULVER, Fuktighetsbevarande medel (F420 (H)). ytbehandlingsmedel (E901, 1903), klumpförebygg (E470b, E471), kakaomassa, SMOROLJA, vassle (MJOLK), karamellsockerlag (socker, vatten), papraextrakt, fettred kakaopulver, sall, gurki jaextrakt, bakpulver (E500 (i)). jordgubbsjuice från koncentrat, förtjockningsmedel (E418 14 1414)

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.

  • E100 Curcumin Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
  • E120 Cochineal Carmine is a red colour made from cochineal insects.
  • E160 Carotenoids A food additive authorised for industrial food production.
  • E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
  • E162 Beetroot red Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
  • E163 Anthocyanins Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
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  • E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
  • E325 Sodium lactate Antioxidants are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by oxidation, such as fat rancidity and colour changes.
  • E418 Gellan gum Stabilisers are substances which make it possible to maintain the physico-chemical state of a foodstuff; stabilisers include substances which enable the maintenance of a homogenous dispersion of two or more immiscible substances in a foodstuff, substances which stabilise, retain or intensify an existing colour of a foodstuff and substances which increase the binding capacity of the food, including the formation of cross-links between proteins enabling the binding of food pieces into re-constituted food.
  • E470b Magnesium salts of fatty acids 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.
  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
  • E473 Sucrose esters of fatty acids 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.
  • E901 White and yellow beeswax A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
  • Glazing agent Glazing agents, waxes and shellac for example, coat a surface to make it shiny or stop pieces sticking together.
  • Humectant Humectants are substances which prevent foods from drying out by counteracting the effect of an atmosphere having a low degree of humidity, or promote the dissolution of a powder in an aqueous medium.
  • Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.

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.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
  • Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
  • Fruit juice concentrate An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
4 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.

  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.
  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,731 confectioneries

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1730th. 90% of the confectioneries 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 1,731 confectioneries, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7350164230687, 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.