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Is Findus Dagens Schnitzel Cordon Bleu ultra-processed?

400 g Meals with chicken Sold in Sweden

Pack of Findus Dagens Schnitzel Cordon Bleu

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:

  • 44 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score C

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Kyckling Cordon Bleu 25% (Kycklingkött), vetemjöl, edamerost 2%, kalkonkött, rapsolja, vetefiber, kryddor (bland annat paprika), salt, jäst, glukossirap, kryddextrakt, konserveringsmedel (natriumnitrit), Sås 25% (Skummjölk), tomatpuré, tomater, lök, morötter, grädde, vetemjöl, rapsolja, kycklingbuljong, salt, skummjölkspulver, stärkelse, chilipeppar, persilja, citronjuicekoncentrat, ättika, socker, glukossirap, kryddor (bland annat vitlök), kryddextrakt, Potatis 38% (Potatis), rapsolja, druvsocker, salt, Grönsaker 12.5% (Ärter)

Additives: E250 Sodium nitrite

As written on the pack

Kyckling Cordon Bleu 25%: Kycklingkött, vetemjöl, edamerost 2%, kalkonkött, rapsolja, vetefiber, kryddor (bl a paprika), salt, jäst, glukossirap, kryddextrakt, konserveringsmedel (natriumnitrit). Sås 25%: Skummjölk, tomatpuré, tomater, lök, morötter, grädde, vetemjöl, rapsolja, kycklingbuljong, salt, skummjölkspulver, stärkelse, chilipeppar, persilja, citronjuicekoncentrat, ättika, socker, glukossirap, kryddor (bl a vitlök), kryddextrakt. Potatis 38%: Potatis, rapsolja, druvsocker, salt. Grönsaker 12,5%: Ärter.

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.
  • 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.
9 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.

  • E250 Sodium nitrite Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • 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.
  • 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 142nd. 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 7310500143620, 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.