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Is Findus Dagens Pasta med kyckling ultra-processed?

390 g Meals with chicken Sold in Sweden

Pack of Findus Dagens Pasta med kyckling

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:

  • 38 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score B

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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

Sås 40% (Skummjölk), tomat, chilisås (tomat, tomatpuré, glukossirap, socker, ättika, salt, lök, vitlök, chilipeppar, kryddextrakt), lök, tomatpuré, morötter, grädde, rapsolja, vetemjöl, salt, stärkelse, kycklingbuljong, skummjölkspulver, persilja, kryddor, socker, citronjuicekoncentrat, Pasta 33% (Vatten), durumvetemjöl, Kyckling 14% (Kycklingfilé), salt, rismjöl, Grönsaker 13% (Brytbönor), cocktailtomater

As written on the pack

Sås 40%: Skummjölk, tomat, chilisås (tomat, tomatpuré, glukossirap, socker, ättika, salt, lök, vitlök, chilipeppar, kryddextrakt), lök, tomatpuré, morötter, grädde, rapsolja, vetemjöl, salt, stärkelse, kycklingbuljong, skummjölkspulver, persilja, kryddor, socker, citronjuicekoncentrat. Pasta 33%: Vatten, durumvetemjöl. Kyckling 14%: Kycklingfilé, salt, rismjöl. Grönsaker 13%: Brytbönor, cocktailtomater.

What makes it ultra-processed

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.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
6 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.
  • 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 213 meals with chicken

From least to most processed, this one ranks 90th. 79% of the meals with chicken 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 213 meals with chicken, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7310500128481, 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.