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Is Frödinge Ostkaka ultra-processed?

600g Dairy desserts Sold in Sweden

Pack of Frödinge Ostkaka

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:

  • 14 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed dairy desserts

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

Mjölk, grädde, ägg, vetemjöl, socker, mjölksocker, skummjölkspulver, sötmandel, vetestärkelse, bittermandel, kalciumklorid, ystenzym, konserveringsmedel (Sorbinsyra)

Additives: E200 Sorbic acid

As written on the pack

Mjölk, grädde, ägg, vetemjöl, socker, mjölksocker, skummjölkspulver, sötmandel, vetestärkelse, bittermandel, kalciumklorid, vegetabiliskt ystenzym, konserveringsmedel (Sorbinsyra).

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.

  • Lactose Lactose is milk sugar, crystallised industrially from whey, a by-product of cheese making.
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.

  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • 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 1,414 dairy desserts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 611th. 72% of the dairy desserts 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 1,414 dairy desserts, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7310890100685, 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.