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Is Frödinge Schwarzwaldtårta ultra-processed?

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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:

  • 29 ingredients
  • 5 additives

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Grädde 47%, socker, vatten, äggvita, fett (kokos, shea), hasselnötter 1%, fettreducerat kakaopulver, kakaomassa, potatismjöl, skummjölkspulver, glukossirap, arom, stabiliseringsmedel (alginsyra, guarkärnmjöl, natriumdifosfat), kakaosmör, mjölkprotein, förtjockningsmedel (fruktkärnmjöl), emulgeringsmedel (sojalecitin, solroslecitin), syra (citronsyra), bakpulver (natriumkarbonat)

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E400 Alginic acid , E412 Guar gum , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500i Sodium carbonate

As written on the pack

Grädde (47%), socker, vatten, äggvita, vegetabiliskt fett (kokos, shea), hasselnötter (1%), fettreducerat kakaopulver, kakaomassa, potatismjöl, skummjölkspulver, glukossirap, arom, stabiliseringsmedel (alginsyra, guarkärnmjöl, natriumdifosfat), kakaosmör, mjölkprotein, förtjockningsmedel (fruktkärnmjöl), emulgeringsmedel (sojalecitin, solroslecitin), syra (citronsyra), bakpulver (natriumkarbonat), Kan innehålla spår av andra nötter och mandel,

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.

  • E400 Alginic acid 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.
  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
3 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.

  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

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About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7310890600468, 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.
  • The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.