Is Frödinge Kladdkaka ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 27 ingredients
- 5 additives
- Nutri-Score D
Less processed chocolate cakes
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Socker (processing marker), vatten, vetestärkelse (processing marker), rapsolja, tapiokastärkelse (processing marker), havre, choklad (socker (processing marker), kakaomassa, kakaosmör, emulgeringsmedel (ultra-processing marker) (solroslecitin)), druvsocker (ultra-processing marker), psylliumfiber (ultra-processing marker), fettreducerad kakao, stabiliseringsmedel (e450 (ultra-processing marker), kalciumalginat (ultra-processing marker), e339), emulgeringsmedel mono- och diglycerider av fettsyror, bakpulver natriumkarbonat, salt (processing marker), surhetsreglerande medel (e501I), naturlig arom (ultra-processing marker) (bland annat vanilj), arom (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E339 Sodium phosphates , E404 Calcium alginate , E450 Diphosphates , E501 Potassium carbonates , E501i Potassium carbonate
As written on the pack
Socker, vatten, glutenfri vetestärkelse, rapsolja, tapiokastärkelse, glutenfri havre, choklad (socker, kakaomassa, kakaosmör, emulgeringsmedel solroslecitin), druvsocker, psylliumfiber, fettreducerad kakao, stabiliseringsmedel (E450, kalciumalginat, E339), emulgeringsmedel mono - och diglycerider av fettsyror, bakpulver natriumkarbonat, salt, surhetsreglerande medel E501I, naturlig arom (bl a vanilj), arom.
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.
- E404 Calcium alginate A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
- E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
- Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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.
- 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.
Among 67 chocolate cakes
From least to most processed, this one ranks 31st. 97% of the chocolate cakes here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7310890203652, 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 D (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.