Is Food Box Falafel Plate With Pickled Onion ultra-processed?

400 g Falafels Sold in Sweden

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Vegetable fiber

26 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed falafels

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

Brown rice, chickpeas, water, peppers, soybeans, red onion, rapeseed oil, onion, sugar (processing marker), sesame seeds, parsley, vinegar, salt (processing marker), potato starch (processing marker), potato fiber (ultra-processing marker), garlic, pea protein, lemon juice, tomato, cumin, rice starch (processing marker), coriander, black pepper, white pepper, cayenne pepper, turmeric

As written on the pack

Brown rice, chickpeas, water, grilled peppers, SOYBEANS, red onion, rapeseed oil, onion, sugar, SESAME SEEDS, parsley, vinegar, salt, potato starch, potato fiber, garlic, pea protein, lemon juice, tomato, cumin, rice starch, coriander, black pepper, white pepper, cayenne pepper , turmeric.

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.

Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.

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.

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 45 falafels

From least to most processed, this one ranks 27th. 42% of the falafels 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 45 falafels, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7310960031239, 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.