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Is Findus Dagens Köttbullar ultra-processed?

400 g Microwave meals Sold in Sweden

Pack of Findus Dagens Köttbullar

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 51 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Potatismos 44% (Potatis), mjölk, mjölkpulver, rapsolja, smör, äggula, salt, svartpeppar, Köttbullar 23% (Griskött), potatis, nötkött, stärkelse, lök, rapsolja, ägg, skummjölkspulver, salt, betfiber, vitpeppar, lök, Gräddsås 15% (Skummjölk), vispgrädde, nötköttsbuljong, stärkelse (bland annat vete), smör, rapsolja, salt, karamelliserat socker, sojasås (vatten, sojabönor, vete, salt), socker, grönsakskoncentrat (tomat, morot, lök), morötter, lök, kryddor, Ärter 10% (Ärter), Rörd lingon 9% (Lingon 3%), socker, stärkelse

As written on the pack

Potatismos 44%: Potatis, mjölk, mjölkpulver, rapsolja, smör, äggula, salt, svartpeppar, Köttbullar 23%: Griskött, potatis, nötkött, stärkelse, lök, rapsolja, ägg, skummjölkspulver, salt, betfiber, vitpeppar, lökpulver, Gräddsås 15%: Skummjölk, vispgrädde, nötköttsbuljong, stärkelse (bl a vete), smör, rapsolja, salt, karamelliserat socker, sojasås (vatten, sojabönor, vete, salt), socker, grönsakskoncentrat (tomat, morot, lök), morötter, lök, kryddor, Ärter 10%: Ärter, Rörd lingon 9%: Lingon 3%, socker, stärkelse,

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • 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.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 350 microwave meals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 75th. 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 350 microwave meals, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7310500040141, 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.