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Is Favorit Chili Cheese Nuggets Med Sötsur Sås ultra-processed?

250 g Breaded cheeses Sold in Sweden

Pack of Favorit Chili Cheese Nuggets Med Sötsur Sås

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:

  • 52 ingredients
  • 8 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed breaded cheeses

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

Chili cheese nuggets (Panering 44%, vetemjöl), vatten, modifierad potatisstärkelse, stärkelse (potatis, tapioka), bakpulver (e450, e500), salt, druvsocker, jäst, peppar, ostfyllning 42% (varav 52 % cheddarost (mjölk, salt, startkultur, mikrobiellt ystenzym, mognadskultur), vatten, modifierad potatisstärkelse, mjölkprotein, smör, emulgeringsmedel (e331), salt), jalapeño 5%, solrosolja, grön paprika** 4 %.) Sötsur sås (Vatten), socker, ananasjuice koncentrat 10%, vinäger, röd och grön paprika, modifierad majsstärkelse, salt, naturlig arom, kryddor (paprika, ingefära), surhetsreglerande medel (e330), färgämne (e160c), förtjockningsmedel (e412, e415), konserveringsmedel (e202)

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E202 Potassium sorbate , E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E412 Guar gum , E415 Xanthan gum , E450 Diphosphates , E500 Sodium carbonates

As written on the pack

Chili cheese nuggets: (Panering 44 % (vetemjöl, vatten, modifierad potatisstärkelse, stärkelse (potatis, tapioka), bakpulver (E 450, E 500), salt, druvsocker, jäst, peppar), ostfyllning 42 % (varav 52 % cheddarost (mjölk, salt, startkultur, mikrobiellt ystenzym, mognadskultur), vatten, modifierad potatisstärkelse, mjölkprotein, smör, emulgeringsmedel (E 331), salt), jalapeño 5 %, solrosolja, grön paprika** 4 %.) Sötsur sås: (Vatten, socker, ananasjuice koncentrat 10 %, vinäger, röd och grön paprika, modifierad majsstärkelse, salt, naturlig arom, kryddor (paprika, ingefära), surhetsreglerande medel (E 330), färgämne (E 160c), förtjockningsmedel (E 412, E 415), konserveringsmedel (E 202).)

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.
  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
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  • 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.

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.
  • Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
8 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.

  • E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • Cheeses Products in the category "Cheeses" are at least group 3.
  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • 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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 14 breaded cheeses

From least to most processed, this one ranks 14th. 86% of the breaded cheeses 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 14 breaded cheeses, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7331746287312, 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.