Is Greendeli Falafel med blomkålsmix ultra-processed?

305 g Prepared salads 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:

Colour
Flavouring
Thickener
E415 Xanthan gum

77 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed prepared salads

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

Blomkålsmix 43%, blomkål 38%, majskorn, svarta bönor (svarta bönor, salt (processing marker)), paprika, rapsolja, citronjuicekoncentrat, sweet chili (socker (processing marker), vatten, chilipeppar, vitlök, ättika, salt (processing marker), majsstärkelse (processing marker), stabiliseringsmedel (xantangummi (ultra-processing marker)), antioxidationsmedel (citronsyra)), purjolök, bladpersilja, salt (processing marker), socker (processing marker), kryddblandning (curry 45% (gurkmeja, koriander, bockhornsklöver, dillfrö, nejlika, chili), salt (processing marker), spiskummin, lök, vitlök, koriander, jästextrakt, cayennepeppar, svartpeppar, ingefära, kanel, förtjockningsmedel (ultra-processing marker) (xantangummi (ultra-processing marker)), färgämne (ultra-processing marker) (paprika), nejlika, socker (processing marker), citronsyra, citronarom (ultra-processing marker)), torkad lök, vitlök, svartpeppar, salladsmix 25% (isbergssallad, friséesallad, rosésallad), falafel 16% (kikärtor, vatten, rapsolja, lök, persilja, rismjöl, koriander, salt (processing marker), vitlök, kummin, soda), morot 16% (morot, socker (processing marker), vatten, ättiksprit, salt (processing marker), naturlig arom (ultra-processing marker))

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

Blomkålsmix 43 % (blomkål 38 %, majskorn, svarta bönor (svarta bönor, salt), paprika, rapsolja, citronjuicekoncentrat, sweet chili (socker, vatten, chilipeppar, vitlök, ättika, salt, majsstärkelse, stabiliseringsmedel (xantangummi), antioxidationsmedel (citronsyra)), purjolök, bladpersilja, salt, socker, kryddblandning (curry 45 % (gurkmeja, koriander, bockhornsklöver, dillfrö, nejlika, chili), salt, spiskummin, lök, vitlök, koriander, jästextrakt, cayennepeppar, svartpeppar, ingefära, kanel, förtjockningsmedel (xantangummi), färgämne (extrakt av paprika), nejlika, socker, citronsyra, citronarom), torkad lök, vitlök, svartpeppar), salladsmix 25 % (isbergssallad, friséesallad, rosésallad), falafel 16 % (kikärtor, vatten, rapsolja, lök, persilja, rismjöl, koriander, salt, vitlök, kummin, soda), picklad morot 16 % (morot, socker, vatten, ättiksprit, salt, naturlig 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.

E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
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.

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 224 prepared salads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 180th. 60% of the prepared salads 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 224 prepared salads, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7340191400917, 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.