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Is ICA Basic Tärnad salladsost i olja ultra-processed?

300 g (150 g) Pasteurized cheeses Sold in Sweden

Pack of ICA Basic Tärnad salladsost i olja

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 14 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed cheeses

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

Ost 50% (komjölk, salt, mjölksyrakultur, mjölkkoagulerande enzym (mikrobiellt)), rapsolja, kryddblandning 0.5% (rosépeppar, gräslök, timjan, lagerblad, basilika, vitlök)

As written on the pack

Ost 50% (pastöriserad komjölk, salt, mjölksyrakultur, mjölkkoagulerande enzym (mikrobiellt)), rapsolja, kryddblandning 0,5% (rosépeppar, gräslök, timjan, lagerblad, basilika, vitlök).

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

Culinary ingredients

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.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Cheeses Products in the category "Cheeses" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 31 pasteurized cheeses

From least to most processed, this one ranks 19th. 23% of the pasteurized cheeses 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 31 pasteurized cheeses, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7318690085324, 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.