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Is HK Grillbacon & Grillsås ultra-processed?

300 g

Pack of HK Grillbacon & Grillsås

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:

  • 30 ingredients
  • 7 additives

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Grillbacon 83.33333333333333% (griskött, joderat salt, dextros, stabiliseringsmedel (e450, e451), antioxidationsmedel (e301), konserveringsmedel (e250), rökarom), Sås 16.666666666666668% (vatten, tomatpuré, dextros, rörsocker, salt, kryddor (bland annat senap), lök, citronsaft, vinäger, förtjockningsmedel (xantangummi), jästextrakt, livsmedelsfärg (e150c), konserveringsmedel (e202))

Additives: E150c Ammonia caramel , E202 Potassium sorbate , E250 Sodium nitrite , E301 Sodium ascorbate , E415 Xanthan gum , E450 Diphosphates , E451 Triphosphates

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E150c Ammonia caramel.

As written on the pack

Grillbacon 250g [griskött, joderat salt, dextros, stabiliseringsmedel (E450, E451), antioxidationsmedel (E301), konserveringsmedel (E250), rökarom] Sås 50g [ vatten, tomatpuré, dextros, rörsocker, salt, kryddor (bl.a. senap), lök, citronsaft, vinäger; förtjockningsmedel (xantangummi), jästextrakt, livsmedelsfärg (E150c), konserveringsmedel (E202)]

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.

  • E150c Ammonia caramel Ammonia caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars with ammonia compounds.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
  • E451 Triphosphates Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • 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.

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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
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.

  • E202 Potassium sorbate 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.
  • 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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

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About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 6409100019730, last edited 26 May 2021), 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.