Is EMD Monte Castello Köttfärssås ultra-processed?

490 g Meat-based pasta sauces 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
Modified starch
E450 Diphosphates
E451 Triphosphates

25 ingredients
3 additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed meat-based pasta sauces

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, fläskkött 12%, tomatpuré 9%, nötkött 7%, röd paprika, morötter 5.6%, lök 4.7%, vetemjöl, modifierad majsstärkelse (ultra-processing marker), grön paprika, ströbröd, rapsolja, socker (processing marker), salt (processing marker), ättiksprit, vitlöksarom (ultra-processing marker), kryddextrakt (timjan, oregano), kryddor, antioxidationsmedel (askorbinsyra), stabiliseringsmedel (e450 (ultra-processing marker), e451 (ultra-processing marker))

Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid , E450 Diphosphates , E451 Triphosphates

As written on the pack

Vatten, fläskkött 12 %, tomatpuré 9 %, nötkött 7 %, röd paprika, morötter 5,6 %, lök 4,7 %, vetemjöl, modifierad majsstärkelse, grön paprika, ströbröd, rapsolja, socker, salt, ättiksprit, vitlöksarom, kryddextrakt (timjan, oregano), kryddor, antioxidationsmedel (askorbinsyra), stabiliseringsmedel (E450, E451).

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.
E451 Triphosphates 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.
Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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 36 meat-based pasta sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 36th. 56% of the meat-based pasta sauces 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 36 meat-based pasta sauces, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7611612141086, 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.