Is H.J. Heinz Weight Watchers Pannbiff och potatisgratäng ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 43 ingredients
- 1 additive
- Nutri-Score C
Less processed beef dishes
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Potatis 28%, vatten, morötter 15%, lök, nötkött 5.9%, mjölk, rödvin 3.2%, ströbröd (innehåller berikat vetemjöl), modifierad majsstärkelse (ultra-processing marker), tomatpuré, salt (processing marker), palmfett, ost (processing marker) 0.7%, berikat vetemjöl, socker (processing marker), sojaprotein, maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), lök, peppar, aromer (ultra-processing marker), jästextrakt, vasslepulver (ultra-processing marker), rapsolja, vitlöks, grädde, nötköttsbuljong, vitlök, smör (processing marker), färgämne (ultra-processing marker) (sockerkulör (ultra-processing marker)), senapsfröpulver, grönsaksbuljong (morötter, selleri, rotselleri, lök, tomat), timjan, glukossirap (ultra-processing marker), kryddextrakt, örtextrakt, rökarom (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E150a Plain caramel
As written on the pack
Potatis 28%, vatten, morötter 15%, lök, nötkött 5,9%, mjölk, rödvin 3,2%, ströbröd (innehåller berikat vetemjöl), modifierad majsstärkelse, tomatpuré, salt, palmfett, riven ost 0,7%, berikat vetemjöl, socker, sojaprotein, maltodextrin, lökpulver, peppar, aromer (innehåller mjölk), jästextrakt, vasslepulver, rapsolja, vitlökspulver, grädde, nötköttsbuljong, vitlök, smör, färgämne (sockerkulör), senapsfröpulver, grönsaksbuljong (morötter, selleri, rotselleri, lök, tomat), timjan, glukossirap, kryddextrakt och örtextrakt, rökarom.
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.
- E150a Plain caramel Plain caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars.
- 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.
- Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.
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.
- Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
- Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
6 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.
- Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
- 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.
- Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.
Among 69 beef dishes
From least to most processed, this one ranks 68th. 55% of the beef dishes here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5390003009670, 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.