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Is Felix Bacon & Broccolipaj ultra-processed?

220 g Frozen pies Sold in Sweden

Pack of Felix Bacon & Broccolipaj

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:

  • 34 ingredients
  • 3 additives

Less processed frozen pies

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

pajdeg (Vetemjöl), smör, fett (shea, kokos), vatten, ägg, salt, bakpulver (hjorthornssalt), fyllning (Ägg), mjölk, broccoli, grädde, rökt bacon, griskött (griskött, vatten, salt, druvsocker, stabiliseringsmedel (e450), antioxidationsmedel (e301), konserveringsmedel (e250), rökarom), ost, vatten, stärkelse, rökarom, svartpepparextrakt

Additives: E250 Sodium nitrite , E301 Sodium ascorbate , E450 Diphosphates

As written on the pack

PAJDEG: (Vetemjöl, smör, vegetabiliskt fett (shea och kokos), vatten, ägg, salt och bakpulver (hjorthornssalt).) FYLLNING: (Ägg, mjölk, broccoli, grädde, rökt bacon och griskött (griskött, vatten, salt, druvsocker, stabiliseringsmedel (E450), antioxidationsmedel (E301), konserveringsmedel (E250) och rökarom), ost, vatten, stärkelse, rökarom och svartpepparextrakt.)

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.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.
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.

  • E250 Sodium nitrite 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.
  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" 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.
  • Vegetable fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 20 frozen pies

From least to most processed, this one ranks 13th. 90% of the frozen pies 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 frozen pies, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7310240079586, 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.