Is Felix Krispiga Nuggets tillagade av couscous ultra-processed?

400 g Vegan 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:

Flavouring
Maltodextrin
Modified starch
Vegetable fiber

15 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed vegan products

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

couscous 67% (vete), ströbröd, vetemjöl, modifierad vetestärkelse (ultra-processing marker), buljong (salt (processing marker), lök, socker (processing marker), maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), naturlig arom (ultra-processing marker)), potatisfiber (ultra-processing marker), kryddor (bland annat paprika), rapsolja

As written on the pack

couscous 67% (vete), ströbröd (innehåller vete), vetemjöl, modifierad vetestärkelse, buljong (salt, lök, socker, maltodextrin, naturlig arom), potatisfiber, kryddor (bl.a. paprika), rapsolja.

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.

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.

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.

Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.

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 8 vegan nuggets

From least to most processed, this one ranks 2nd. 88% of the vegan 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 8 vegan nuggets, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7350126087274, last edited 21 February 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.