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Is Findus Dagens Pepparbiff ultra-processed?

390 g Microwave meals Sold in Sweden

Pack of Findus Dagens Pepparbiff

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:

  • 56 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Potatisgratäng 56% (Potatis), vatten, lök, vispgrädde, ost, stärkelse, smör, vitlök, rapsolja, salt, socker, svartpeppar, Pepparbiff 19% (Nötkött), griskött, potatis, ägg, skummjölkspulver, lök, stärkelse, salt, potatisfiber, senapspulver, nötköttsbuljong, socker, rapsolja, lök, kryddor (bland annat cayennepeppar, paprika), Rödvinssås 13% (Vatten), rödvin, tomatpuré, lök, stärkelse, morötter, sojasås (vatten, sojabönor, vete, salt), rapsolja, salt, nötköttsbuljong, karamelliserat socker, socker, grönsakskoncentrat (tomat, morot, lök), vitpeppar, lagerblad, Grönsaker 12% (Bönor)

As written on the pack

Potatisgratäng 56%: Potatis, vatten, lök, vispgrädde, ost, stärkelse, smör, vitlök, rapsolja, salt, socker, svartpeppar. Pepparbiff 19%: Nötkött, griskött, potatis, ägg, skummjölkspulver, lök, stärkelse, salt, potatisfiber, senapspulver, nötköttsbuljong, socker, rapsolja, lökpulver, kryddor (bl a cayennepeppar, paprika). Rödvinssås 13%: Vatten, rödvin, tomatpuré, lök, stärkelse, morötter, sojasås (vatten, sojabönor, vete, salt), rapsolja, salt, nötköttsbuljong, karamelliserat socker, socker, grönsakskoncentrat (tomat, morot, lök), vitpeppar, lagerblad. Grönsaker 12%: Bönor.

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.

  • 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.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.
  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 350 microwave meals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 123rd. 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 7310500007700, 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.