Is ICA Basic Köttbullar ultra-processed?

1 kg Swedish-style pork and beef meat balls 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:

Glucose
Vegetable fiber

13 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score D

Less processed swedish-style pork and beef meat balls

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

Gris, och nöttkött 63%, potatis, vatten, potatismjöl, potatisflingor, salt (processing marker), druvsocker (ultra-processing marker), animaliskt protein av gris, lök, potatisfiber (ultra-processing marker), pepparextrakt, svartpeppar

As written on the pack

Gris - och nöttkött 63%, potatis, vatten, potatismjöl, potatisflingor, salt, druvsocker, animaliskt protein av gris, lök, potatisfiber, pepparextrakt, svartpeppar.

What makes it ultra-processed

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.
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.

1 ingredient 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 19 swedish-style pork and beef meat balls

From least to most processed, this one ranks 6th. 89% of the swedish-style pork and beef meat balls 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 19 swedish-style pork and beef meat balls, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7318690167204, 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 D (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.