Is Gudruns Bacon Skivspill ultra-processed?

600 g Bacon 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:

Glucose

10 ingredients
3 additives
Nutri-Score E

Less processed bacon

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

putsad 96%, svȧlfri fläsksida, salt (processing marker), druvsocker (ultra-processing marker), antioxidationsmedel (e301), konserveringsmedel (processing marker) (e250 (processing marker)), rosmarinextrakt, Produkten ska värmebehandlas

Additives: E250 Sodium nitrite , E301 Sodium ascorbate , E392 Extracts of rosemary

As written on the pack

96 % putsad, svȧlfri fläsksida, salt, druvsocker, antioxidationsmedel E301, konserveringsmedel E250, rosmarinextrakt. Produkten ska värmebehandlas.

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.

Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.

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.

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.
Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 109 bacon

From least to most processed, this one ranks 88th. 36% of the bacon 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 109 bacon, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 2321461806115, last edited 23 March 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.