Is Guldfågeln Färdiggrillade Chicken Drumsticks ultra-processed?

2000 g Cooked chicken 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:

Flavouring
Glucose
Glucose syrup

22 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score D

Less processed cooked chicken

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

Kycklingben, druvsocker (ultra-processing marker), kryddor och kryddextrakter (cayenne, chili, basilika, gu heja regano, paprika, persilja, peppar, libbsticka, rosmarin, spiskummin, vitlök), rapsolja, sarok othat, kycklingbuljong, glukossirap (ultra-processing marker), citron, naturlig arom (ultra-processing marker), surhetsreglerande medel (citronsyra)

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Kycklingben, druvsocker, kryddor och kryddextrakter (cayenne, chili, basilika, gu heja regano, paprika, persilja, peppar, libbsticka, rosmarin, spiskummin, vitlök), rapsolja, sarok othat, kycklingbuljong, glukossirap, citronpulver, naturlig arom, surhetsreglerande medel citronsyra.

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.

Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 78 cooked chicken

From least to most processed, this one ranks 55th. 79% of the cooked chicken 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 78 cooked chicken, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7313940017063, last edited 15 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 D (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.