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Is Eldorado Vegansk Pepparsalami ultra-processed?

80 g Prepared meat cuts substitutes Sold in Sweden

Pack of Eldorado Vegansk Pepparsalami

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:

  • 29 ingredients
  • 6 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed meat analogues

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

Vatten, rapsolja, ärtprotein 8%, bondbönsprotein 7%, pepparkorn 2% (svartpeppar, grönpeppar, rosépeppar), modifierad majsstärkelse, linfrö, salt, förtjockningsmedel (e407, e425, e461, e412), bockhornsklöver, rödbets, naturlig arom, kryddor (paprika, palsternacka), kryddextrakt (paprika, svartpeppar), socker, färgämne (e172, e160C)

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E172 Iron oxides and iron hydroxides , E407 Carrageenan , E412 Guar gum , E425 Konjac , E461 Methyl cellulose

As written on the pack

Vatten, rapsolja, ärtprotein 8%, bondbönsprotein 7%, pepparkorn 2% (svartpeppar, grönpeppar, rosépeppar), modifierad majsstärkelse, linfrö, salt, förtjockningsmedel (E407, E425, E461, E412), extrakt av bockhornsklöver, rödbetsextrakt, naturlig arom, kryddor (paprika, palsternacka), kryddextrakt (paprika, svartpeppar), socker, färgämne (E172, E160C).

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.

  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • E172 Iron oxides and iron hydroxides 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.
  • E407 Carrageenan Carrageenan is a thickener and gelling agent extracted from red seaweed, used widely in dairy desserts, plant-based drinks and processed meats.
  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
  • E425 Konjac 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.
  • E461 Methyl cellulose 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.
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  • 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.
  • Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.
3 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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 18 prepared meat cuts substitutes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 17th. 100% of the prepared meat cuts substitutes 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 18 prepared meat cuts substitutes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7311043014033, 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.