Is Harvest Basket Instant Mashed Potato with Milk ultra-processed?

900g Instant mashed potatoes Sold in Sweden, France and Germany

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

8 ingredients
3 additives

Less processed instant mashed potatoes

Stutz Packing Co. Basic American Foods 7 ingredients · 3 additives NOVA group 1
Instant Mash Potato Morrisons Savers 3 ingredients · 1 additive NOVA group 1
Mashed potato with milk, butter and seasoning Co-op 5 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3
Mashed Potato Inspired Cuisine 6 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3

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

Potatis 86%, helmjölkspulver (processing marker) 10.2%, salt (processing marker), mono- och diglycerider av fettsyror (ultra-processing marker), naturlig arom (ultra-processing marker), askorbinsyraestrar av fettsyror, natriumdisulfit, gurkmeja

Additives: E223 Sodium metabisulphite , E304 Fatty acid esters of ascorbic acid , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

As written on the pack

Potatis 86 %, helmjölkspulver 10,2 %, salt, emulgeringsmedel (mono - och diglycerider av fettsyror), naturlig arom (innehåller mjölk), antioxidationsmedel (askorbinsyraestrar av fettsyror, natriumdisulfit), gurkmeja.

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.

E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

2 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.

Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 25 instant mashed potatoes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 10th. 76% of the instant mashed potatoes 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 25 instant mashed potatoes, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 20702977, last edited 3 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.
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.