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Is Findus Dagens Rostad kycklingfilé ultra-processed?

390 g Microwave meals Sold in Sweden

Pack of Findus Dagens Rostad kycklingfilé

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:

  • 40 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed microwave meals

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 38% (Potatis), potatis, rapsolja, salt, druvsocker, stärkelse, stabiliseringsmedel (e464), kryddor, Grönpepparsås 22%, Skummjölk, grädde, morötter, lök, smör, tomatpuré, nötköttsbuljong, stärkelse, salt, grönpeppar, socker, grönsakskoncentrat (tomat, morot, lök), karamelliserat socker, vitpeppar, kryddextrakt, Kyckling 15.5%, Kycklinginnerfilé, stärkelse, druvsocker, salt, Grönsaker 15.5% (Brytbönor, Svartvinbär 9%), Svartvinbärspuré 5%, socker, stärkelse

Additives: E464 Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose

As written on the pack

Minirösti 38%: Potatis, torkad potatis, rapsolja, salt, druvsocker, stärkelse, stabiliseringsmedel (E464), kryddor. Grönpepparsås: 22%: Skummjölk, grädde, morötter, lök, smör, tomatpuré, nötköttsbuljong, stärkelse, salt, grönpeppar, socker, grönsakskoncentrat (tomat, morot, lök), karamelliserat socker, vitpeppar, kryddextrakt. Kyckling: 15,5%: Kycklinginnerfilé, stärkelse, druvsocker, salt. Grönsaker 15,5%: Brytbönor. Svartvinbär 9%: Svartvinbärspuré 5%, socker, stärkelse.

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 351 microwave meals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 176th. 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 351 microwave meals, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7310500109107, 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.