Is Grilloil Garlic Santa Maria ultra-processed?

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Pack of Grilloil Garlic Santa Maria

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:

  • 20 ingredients
  • 2 additives

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Vatten, vitlök 22%, rapsolja, salt (processing marker), ättika, lök, socker (processing marker), andra kryddor, koriander, aromer (ultra-processing marker), örter, konserveringsmedel (processing marker) (202), bockhornsklöver, förtjockningsmedel (ultra-processing marker) (e405 (ultra-processing marker)), färgämne (ultra-processing marker) (paprikaextrakt (ultra-processing marker)), fänkål, spiskummin

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E405 Propane-1‚2-diol alginate

As written on the pack

Vatten, vitlök (22%), rapsolja, salt, ättika, lök, socker, andra kryddor, koriander, aromer, örter, konserveringsmedel (202), bockhornsklöver, förtjockningsmedel (E405), färgämne (paprikaextrakt), fänkål, spiskummin,

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.

  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • E405 Propane-1‚2-diol 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.
  • 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.
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.

  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

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About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7311310281212, 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.
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  • 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.