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Is Findus Spenatpinnar ultra-processed?

284 g Meat analogues Sold in Sweden

Pack of Findus Spenatpinnar

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:

  • 30 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed meat analogues

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

Spenat 41%, pretzelsmulor 15% (" vetemjöl ", e524, jäst, rapsolja, salt), rapsolja, potatisflinga, "vetemjöl", rapsolja, skorpsmulor (vetemjöl, e524, socker, salt, dextros, jäst, paprika), grädde, vatten, skummjölkspulver, risstärkelse, socker, salt, potatis, havssalt 0.2%, muskatnöt, vitpepar, jäst

Additives: E524 Sodium hydroxide

As written on the pack

Spenat 41%, pretzelsmulor 15 % (" vetemjöl ", surhetsreglerande medel (E524), jäst, rapsolja, salt), rapsolja, potatisflinga, "vetemjöl", rapsolja, skorpsmulor, (vetemjöl, surhetsreglerande medel (E524), socker, salt, dextros, jäst, paprikapulver), grädde, vatten, skummjölkspulver, risstärkelse, socker, salt, potatis, havssalt 0,2%, muskatnöt, vitpepar, jäst.

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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
4 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.
  • 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 512 meat analogues

From least to most processed, this one ranks 192nd. 80% of the meat analogues 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 512 meat analogues, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7310500183305, last edited 3 October 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.