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Is ICA Chokladsås ultra-processed?

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Pack of ICA Chokladsås

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:

  • 17 ingredients
  • 2 additives

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

chokladsás, ingredienser (Glukossirap), socker, vatten, fettreducerat kakao, pulver 7.5%, kokosolja, e330, e202, salt, arom, Nettovikt, nāringsdeklaration per (Energi), Fett, 1350 kJ

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

CHOKLADSÁS, 300 g INGREDIENSER: Glukossirap, socker, vatten, fettreducerat kakao - pulver (7,5%), fullhärdat kokosolja, surhetsreglerande medel (E330), konserveringsmedel (E202), salt, arom, Nettovikt 300 g, NĀRINGSDEKLARATION PER 100 g: Energi, Fett,,,, ,,,, 1350 kJ/

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.

  • 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.

  • 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.
  • Coconut oil An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
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.

  • E202 Potassium sorbate 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.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

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About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7318690065685, last edited 8 August 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.