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Is Findus Ostschnitzel ultra-processed?

390 g Frozen meals with meat Sold in Sweden

Pack of Findus Ostschnitzel

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:

  • 38 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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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 40% (Potatis), rapsolja, druvsocker, Bearnaisesås 23% (Vatten), skummjölk, rapsolja, äggula 2%, citronjuice, majsstärkelse, salt, persilja, förtjockningsmedel (fruktkärnmjöt, guarkärnmjöl), dragon, vitpeppar, gurkmeja, Ostschnitzel 21% (skinka), rapsolja, vetemjöl, emmenthalerost, malt nötkött, sojaprotein, stärkelse (vete, potatis), jäst, salt, socker, peppar, citronarom, paprikaextrakt, Grönsaker 16% (Morötter), gröna bönor

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E412 Guar gum

As written on the pack

Stekt potatis 40 %: Potatis, rapsolja, druvsocker. Bearnaisesås 23 %: Vatten, skummjölk, rapsolja, äggula 2 %, citronjuice, majsstärkelse, salt, persilja, förtjockningsmedel (fruktkärnmjöt, guarkärnmjöl), dragon, vitpeppar, gurkmeja. Ostschnitzel 21 %: Mald skinka, rapsolja, vetemjöl, emmenthalerost (mjölk), malt nötkött, sojaprotein, stärkelse (vete och potatis), jäst, salt, socker, peppar, citronarom, paprikaextrakt. Grönsaker 16 %: Morötter, gröna bönor.

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.

  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.

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.
  • 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.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 21 frozen meals with meat

From least to most processed, this one ranks 16th. 90% of the frozen meals with meat 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 21 frozen meals with meat, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7310500186702, 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.