Is Ekströms Frasvåfflor ultra-processed?

420 g Sold in Sweden

Yes, it's ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Vetemjöl, skummjölkspulver (processing marker), bakpulver (e450 (ultra-processing marker), e500), äggulepulver, salt (processing marker)

Additives: E450 Diphosphates , E500 Sodium carbonates

As written on the pack

Vetemjöl, skummjölkspulver, bakpulver (E450, E500), äggulepulver, salt.

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.

2 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.

Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

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