Is Eldorado Salta kex ultra-processed?

2 x 100 g Plain salty snacks 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:

Glucose
Fructose

16 ingredients
5 additives
Nutri-Score D

Less processed plain salty snacks

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

Vetemjöl 80%, solrosolja (processing marker) (solrosolja, antioxidanter (e304, e306)), kornmaltextrakt, socker (processing marker), glukos-fruktossirap (ultra-processing marker), bakpul, ver (e500, e503), salt (processing marker) 1.1%, jäst mjölbehandlingsmedel (e223)

Additives: E223 Sodium metabisulphite , E304 Fatty acid esters of ascorbic acid , E306 Tocopherol-rich extract , E500 Sodium carbonates , E503 Ammonium carbonates

As written on the pack

Vetemjöl 80%, solrosolja (solrosolja, antioxidanter (E304, E306)), kornmaltextrakt, socker, glukos-fruktossirap, bakpul - ver (E500, E503), salt 1,1%, jäst mjölbehandlingsmedel (E223 (innehåller sulfit)).

What makes it ultra-processed

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.
Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.

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.

Salty snacks Products in the category "Salty snacks" are at least group 3.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 20 plain salty snacks

From least to most processed, this one ranks 15th. 45% of the plain salty snacks 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 20 plain salty snacks, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7340083487330, 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 D (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.