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Is Elbilar ultra-processed?

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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:

  • 19 ingredients
  • 8 additives

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

SE SKUMGODIS ngredienser (socker), glukossirap, stärkelse, gelatin, invertsockersirap, syror (e296, e270, e330), surhetsreglerande medel (natriumvätekarbonat), aromer, fullhärdad rapsfett, koncentrat från (spirulina), färgämnen (karmin, kurkumin)

Additives: E100 Curcumin , E120 Cochineal , E270 Lactic acid , E296 Malic acid , E330 Citric acid , E428 Gelatine , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

SE SKUMGODIS ngredienser: socker, glukossirap, stärkelse, gelatin, invertsockersirap, syror (E296, E270, E330), surhetsreglerande medel (natriumvätekarbonat), aromer, fullhärdad rapsfett, koncentrat från (spirulina), färgämnen (karmin, kurkumin),

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.
  • E428 Gelatine Gelatine is a gelling agent made from collagen in animal skin and bones.
  • 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.

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.
  • Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
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.

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About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7310350131402, 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.
  • The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.