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Is Findus Fish & Crisp Fish Fillets ultra-processed?

6x100 g Fish fingers Sold in Norway

Pack of Findus Fish & Crisp Fish Fillets

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:

  • 32 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed fish fingers

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

Filéer av Alaska pollock 51%, Theragra chalcogramma, berikat vetemjöl (vetemjöl, mineraler (kalcium), järn, vitaminer (niacin, tiamin)), vatten, rapsolja, vetestärkelse, bakpulver (e450, e500), salt, rismjöl, majsmjöl, senap, druvsocker, vitlökspulver, vetegluten, naturliga aromer (bland annat karamelliserat socker, senap), paprika, kryddextrakt (bland annat gurkmeja, peppar), Fiskad i nordöstra och nordvästra Stilla havet, Trots stor noggrannhet med att ta bort alla fiskben kan det finnas ben kvar

Additives: E450 Diphosphates , E500 Sodium carbonates

As written on the pack

Filéer av Alaska pollock* (fisk) 51 % (Theragra chalcogramma), berikat vetemjöl (vetemjöl, mineraler [kalcium, järn], vitaminer [niacin, tiamin]), vatten, rapsolja, vetestärkelse, bakpulver (E450, E500), salt, rismjöl, majsmjöl, senap, druvsocker, vitlökspulver, vetegluten, naturliga aromer (bl a karamelliserat socker, senap), paprika, kryddextrakt (bl a gurkmeja, peppar). Kan innehålla spår av mjölk. *Fiskad i nordöstra eller nordvästra Stilla havet. Trots stor noggrannhet med att ta bort alla fiskben kan det finnas ben kvar.

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.

  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.
  • Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
3 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.

  • 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 63 fish fingers

From least to most processed, this one ranks 57th. 63% of the fish fingers 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 63 fish fingers, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7035110400900, last edited 1 September 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.