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Is Findus Dagens Black & White ultra-processed?

380 g Microwave meals Sold in Sweden

Pack of Findus Dagens Black & White

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:

  • 79 ingredients
  • 2 additives

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Potatiskroketter 37% (Potatis), rapsolja, salt, druvsocker, stärkelse, stabiliseringsmedel (e464), kryddor, Grönsaker 15% (Gröna bönor, Rödvinssky 14%), Vatten, rödvin, tomatpuré, lök, morötter, stärkelse, sojasås (vatten, sojabönor, vete, salt), nötköttsbuljong, grönsakskoncentrat (tomat, morot, lök), rapsolja, salt, karamelliserat socker, socker, vitpeppar, kryddextrakt, Bearnaisesås 13% (Skummjölk), smör, äggula, rapsolja, citronjuice, stärkelse, salt, persilja, förtjockningsmedel (fruktkärnmjöl, guarkärnmjöl), dragon, vitpeppar, gurkmeja, cayennepeppar, Pepparbiff 10.5% (Nötkött), griskött, potatis, ägg, skummjölkspulver, stärkelse, lök, äggvita, kryddor, salt, potatisfiber, socker, nötköttsbuljong, senapspulver, kryddextrakt, rapsolja, solrosolja, Färsbiff 10.5% (Nötkött), potatis, lök, stärkelse, ägg, skummjölkspulver, salt, kryddor, rapsolja, kryddextrakt

Additives: E412 Guar gum , E464 Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose

As written on the pack

Potatiskroketter 37%: Potatis, rapsolja, salt, druvsocker, stärkelse, stabiliseringsmedel (E464), kryddor. Grönsaker 15%: Gröna bönor. Rödvinssky 14%: Vatten, rödvin, tomatpuré, lök, morötter, stärkelse, sojasås (vatten, sojabönor, vete, salt), nötköttsbuljong, grönsakskoncentrat (tomat, morot, lök), rapsolja, salt, karamelliserat socker, socker, vitpeppar, kryddextrakt. Bearnaisesås 13%: Skummjölk, smör, äggula, rapsolja, citronjuice, stärkelse, salt, persilja, förtjockningsmedel (fruktkärnmjöl, guarkärnmjöl), dragon, vitpeppar, gurkmeja, cayennepepparextrakt. Pepparbiff 10,5%: Nötkött, griskött, potatis, ägg, skummjölkspulver, stärkelse, lök, äggvita, kryddor, salt, potatisfiber, socker, nötköttsbuljong, senapspulver, kryddextrakt, rapsolja, solrosolja. Färsbiff 10,5%: Nötkött, potatis, lök, stärkelse, ägg, skummjölkspulver, salt, kryddor, rapsolja, kryddextrakt.

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.

  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
  • E464 Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose 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.
  • Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.

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.
  • 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.
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.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • 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.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.
  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 351 microwave meals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 295th. 72% of the microwave meals 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 351 microwave meals, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7310500057590, 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.