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Is Ica Bratwurst muskot ultra-processed?

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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:

  • 22 ingredients
  • 2 additives

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Grist-och nötkött 78%, vatten, potatis, stärkelse, salt, kryddor (muskot, kummin, druvsocker, vitlöks, svartpeppar, lök, paprika, ingefära), antioxidationsmedel (e300), konserveringsmedel (e250), Alspån, rökt, Stoppadi naturtarm från gris, pnfott och slaktat i Sverige

Additives: E250 Sodium nitrite , E300 Ascorbic acid

As written on the pack

Grist-och nötkött 78%, vatten, potatis - stärkelse, salt, kryddor (muskot, kummin, druvsocker, vitlökspulver, svartpeppar, lökpulver, paprikapulver, ingefära), antioxidationsmedel (E300), konserveringsmedel (E250), Alspån - rökt, Stoppadi naturtarm från gris, pnfott och slaktat i Sverige,

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.
4 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.

  • 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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

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About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7318690034124, 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.
  • 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.