Is EldoradoAxfood Eldorado Kyckling Nuggets ultra-processed?

1 kg Chicken nuggets 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
Modified starch
E450 Diphosphates

14 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed chicken nuggets

Lightly Breaded Chicken Breast Chunks Kirkland 22 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3
Breaded Chicken Nuggets Marks & Spencer 14 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3
Chicken Nuggets Perdue 15 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3
Lightly Breaded Chicken Breast Bites Spicy Just Bare 19 ingredients · 4 additives NOVA group 3

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

Kycklingkött 44%, vetemjöl, vatten, rapsolja, vetestärkelse (processing marker), majsmjöl, salt (processing marker), modifierad vetestärkelse (ultra-processing marker), bakpulver (e500, e450 (ultra-processing marker)), druvsocker (ultra-processing marker), jäst, jästextrakt

Additives: E450 Diphosphates , E500 Sodium carbonates

As written on the pack

Kycklingkött 44%, vetemjöl, vatten, rapsolja, vetestärkelse, majsmjöl, salt, modifierad vetestärkelse, bakpulver (E500, E450), druvsocker, jäst, jästextrakt

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.

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

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.

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.
Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 53 chicken nuggets

From least to most processed, this one ranks 34th. 87% of the chicken nuggets 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 53 chicken nuggets, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7340083457418, 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.