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Is Findus Laxpytt ultra-processed?

820 g Potato dishes Sold in Sweden

Pack of Findus Laxpytt

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:

  • 18 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed potato dishes

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

potatis (potatis, olja (raps, solros), druvsocker), rotfrukter 24% (palsternacka, morot), av laxfilé (Salmo salar), broccoli 7%, lök, citronskal, salt, dill, vitlöks, svartpeppar

As written on the pack

Stekt potatis (potatis, vegetabilisk olja [raps, solros, i varierande proportion], druvsocker), rotfrukter 24 % (palsternacka, morot), bitar av laxfilé* (fisk) (Salmo salar) 17 %. 13 %, broccoli 7 %, lök, citronskal, salt, dill, vitlöksjuicekoncentrat, svartpeppar.

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.
2 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.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 48 potato dishes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 11th. 79% of the potato dishes 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 48 potato dishes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7310500182094, 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.