Is HKScan Finska Piroger ultra-processed?

590g 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:

Colour
Flavouring
Gluten
Vegetable fiber
Corn
E160a Carotene

27 ingredients
1 additive

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Vatten, ris, laktosfri matlag, ningsgrädde (grädde, vatten, majs (ultra-processing marker), och tapiocastärkelse), E rågmjöl, vetemjöl, margarin (palmolja, härdat F fett (palm, raps), vatten, salt (processing marker), socker (processing marker), arom (ultra-processing marker), färg (ultra-processing marker) (e160a (ultra-processing marker))), salt (processing marker), vetefiber (ultra-processing marker), maltextrakt (korn, råg), vetegluten (ultra-processing marker)

Additives: E160a Carotene

As written on the pack

Vatten, ris, laktosfri matlag - ningsgrädde (grädde, vatten, modifierad majs - och tapiocastärkelse), E rågmjöl, vetemjöl, vegetabiliskt margarin [palmolja, härdat vegetabiliskt F fett (palm, raps), vatten, salt, socker, arom, färg (E160a)], salt, vetefiber, maltextrakt (korn, råg), vetegluten.

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.

E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
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.

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.

Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
Corn An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.

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.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

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About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 6409100077648, 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.
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