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Is Findus Dagens Oxjärpar ultra-processed?

400 g Beef dishes Sold in Sweden

Pack of Findus Dagens Oxjärpar

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:

  • 55 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

Minirösti 34% (Potatis), rapsolja, potatis, salt, druvsocker, stärkelse, stabiliseringsmedel (e464), kryddor, Gurksås 28% (Vatten), skummjölk, gurka 2%, vispgrädde, tomatpuré, lök, stärkelse (bland annat vete), morötter, rapsolja, nötköttsbuljong, rotselleri, salt, vitlök, persilja, karamelliserat socker, socker, ättika, senapsfrö, kryddextrakt, vitpeppar, grönsakskoncentrat (morot, lök, tomat), mejram, timjan, Oxjärpar 20% (Nötkött), lök, sojaprotein, betfiber, salt, stärkelse, potatis, nötköttsbuljong, kryddor (bland annat paprika), socker, rapsolja, Grönsaker 18% (Morötter), gröna bönor, paprika

Additives: E464 Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose

As written on the pack

Minirösti 34%: Potatis, rapsolja, torkad potatis, salt, druvsocker, stärkelse, stabiliseringsmedel (E464), kryddor. Gurksås 28%: Vatten, skummjölk, gurka 2%, vispgrädde, tomatpuré, lök, stärkelse (bl a vete), morötter, rapsolja, nötköttsbuljong, rotselleri, salt, vitlök, persilja, karamelliserat socker, socker, ättika, senapsfrö, kryddextrakt, vitpeppar, grönsakskoncentrat (morot, lök, tomat), mejram, timjan. Oxjärpar 20%: Nötkött, lök, sojaprotein, betfiber, salt, stärkelse, potatis, nötköttsbuljong, kryddor (bl a paprika), socker, rapsolja. Grönsaker 18%: Morötter, gröna bönor, paprika.

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.
4 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.
  • 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 53rd. 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 7310500040127, 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.