Is Ekströms Jacky Chokladpudding ultra-processed?

480 g (4 x 120 g) Dairy chocolate desserts 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:

Flavouring
Thickener
E410 Locust bean gum
E428 Gelatine

11 ingredients
3 additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed dairy desserts

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, socker (processing marker), majsstärkelse (processing marker), kakao 2%, gelatin (ultra-processing marker), förtjockningsmedel (ultra-processing marker) (e410 (ultra-processing marker)), surhetsreglerande medel (e500), arom (ultra-processing marker) (vanillin)

Additives: E410 Locust bean gum , E428 Gelatine , E500 Sodium carbonates

As written on the pack

Mjölk, socker, majsstärkelse, kakao 2%, gelatin, förtjockningsmedel (E410), surhetsreglerande medel (E500), arom (vanillin)

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.

E410 Locust bean gum Locust bean gum (carob gum) is a thickener and stabiliser from the seeds of the carob tree.
E428 Gelatine Gelatine is a gelling agent made from collagen in animal skin and bones.
Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.

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.

Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 11 dairy chocolate desserts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 4th. 100% of the dairy chocolate desserts 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 11 dairy chocolate desserts, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7310470661797, 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.