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Is Ica Bearnaisesås ultra-processed?

3 x 30 g Béarnaise sauce Sold in Sweden

Pack of Ica Bearnaisesås

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:

  • 32 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed sauces

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

Skummjölkspulver, fett (fett (palm), glukossirap, mjölkprotein, stabiliseringsmedel (e451)), modifierad potatisstärkelse, tapiokastärkelse, arom (innehållande persilja, lök, dragon, citron, svartpeppar, selleri, rapsolja), salt, emulgeringsmedel (e451), maltodextrin, äggulepulver, lök, dragon, surhetsreglerande medel (e330), gurkmeja, jästextrakt, vinäger, färgämne (e150c)

Additives: E150c Ammonia caramel , E330 Citric acid , E451 Triphosphates

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

As written on the pack

Skummjölkspulver, fettpulver (vegetabiliskt fett (palm), glukossirap, mjölkprotein, stabiliseringsmedel (E451)), modifierad potatisstärkelse, tapiokastärkelse, arom (innehållande persilja, lök, dragon, citron, svartpeppar, selleri, rapsolja), salt, emulgeringsmedel (E451), maltodextrin, äggulepulver, lök, dragon, surhetsreglerande medel (E330), gurkmeja, jästextrakt, vinäger, färgämne (E150c).

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.
  • 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.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.

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.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
  • Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
3 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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • 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 26 Béarnaise sauce

From least to most processed, this one ranks 26th. 100% of the Béarnaise sauce 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 26 Béarnaise sauce, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7318690036685, 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.