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Is Findus Dagens Lövtunn bit ultra-processed?

340 g Beef dishes Sold in Sweden

Pack of Findus Dagens Lövtunn bit

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:

  • 32 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed beef dishes

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

Potatiskroketter 45% (Potatis, rapsolja, salt, druvsocker, potatisstärkelse, stabiliseringsmedel (e464), kryddor), Färsbiff 24% (Nötkött, griskött, potatisstärkelse, salt, nötköttsbuljong, socker, lök, rapsolja, svartpeppar, libbsticka), Grönsaker 25% (Gröna bönor, tomater), Kryddsmör 6% (Smör 3%, rapsolja, vitlök, persilja, basilika, vinäger, salt, chilipeppar)

Additives: E464 Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose

As written on the pack

Potatiskroketter 45 % (Potatis, rapsolja, salt, druvsocker, potatisstärkelse, stabiliseringsmedel (E464), kryddor) Färsbiff 24 % (Nötkött, griskött, potatisstärkelse, salt, nötköttsbuljong, socker, lök, rapsolja, svartpeppar, libbsticka) Grönsaker 25 % (Gröna bönor, tomater) Kryddsmör 6 % (Smör 3 %, rapsolja, vitlök, persilja, basilika, vinäger, salt, chilipeppar)

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.

  • 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.

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.
5 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 69 beef dishes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 51st. 55% of the beef dishes 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 69 beef dishes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7310500040523, 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.