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Is Garant Quiche Lorraine - Matpaj med ost och bacon ultra-processed?

220 g Frozen meals with meat Sold in Sweden

Pack of Garant Quiche Lorraine - Matpaj med ost och bacon

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:

  • 32 ingredients
  • 6 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

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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

Fyllning (emmentalerost (med mikrobiellt ystenzym)), bacon (griskött, salt, e250, e252, e301, rökarom), mjölk, ägg, äggula, grädde, risstärkelse, salt, vitpeppar, muskot, Pajdeg (vetemjöl), vatten, smör, vegetabiliska oljor (kokos, solros), ägg, e471, arom, bakpulver (e450, e500), vetestärkelse

Additives: E250 Sodium nitrite , E252 Potassium nitrate , E301 Sodium ascorbate , E450 Diphosphates , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E500 Sodium carbonates

As written on the pack

Fyllning: emmentalerost (med mikrobiellt ystenzym), bacon (griskött, salt, konserveringsmedel (E 250, E 252), antioxidationsmedel (E 301), rökarom), mjölk, ägg*, äggula, grädde, risstärkelse, salt, vitpeppar, muskot. Pajdeg: vetemjöl, vatten, smör, vegetabiliska oljor (kokos, solros), ägg*, emulgeringsmedel (E471), arom, bakpulver (E450, E500), vetestärkelse.

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.

  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
8 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.

  • E250 Sodium nitrite Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • E252 Potassium nitrate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 21 frozen meals with meat

From least to most processed, this one ranks 13th. 90% of the frozen meals with meat 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 21 frozen meals with meat, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7340083484919, last edited 1 July 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.