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Is Findus Köttfärssås Original ultra-processed?

500g Meat-based sauces Sold in Sweden and Germany

Pack of Findus Köttfärssås Original

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 21 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed meats and their products

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

Vatten, griskött 23%, tomatpuré, morötter, paprika, paprika, stärkelse, lök, saltgurka (gurka, salt, ättika), nötköttsbuljong, salt, vinäger, paprika, rapsolja, citronjuicekoncentrat, kryddor, socker, kryddextrakt

As written on the pack

Vatten, griskött 23 %, tomatpuré, morötter, paprikapuré, paprika, stärkelse, lök, saltgurka (gurka, salt, ättika), nötköttsbuljong, salt, vinäger, paprikapulver, rapsolja, citronjuicekoncentrat, kryddor, socker, kryddextrakt,

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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 43 meat-based sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 12th. 60% of the meat-based sauces 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 43 meat-based sauces, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7310500025971, last edited 5 July 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.