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Is ICA Eco Ekologisk Grönsaksbuljong ultra-processed?

Broths Sold in Sweden

Pack of ICA Eco Ekologisk Grönsaksbuljong

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:

  • 21 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed broths

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

Havssalt, majsstärkelse", palmolja", glukossirap", grönsaker 9.8% (lök, morot“, purjolök", palster, nacka, selleri), jästextrakt, karamelliserat socker, vitlök, örter (persilja, selleriblad), kryddor (muskot“, gurkmeja), Icton innohåller certifierad hållhar

As written on the pack

Havssalt, majsstärkelse", palmolja", glukossirap", grönsaker* 9,8% (lök*, morot“, purjolök", palster - nacka*, selleri*), jästextrakt, karamelliserat socker*, vitlök*, örter* (persilja*, selleriblad*), kryddor* (muskot“, gurkmeja*), *, Ekologisk ingrediens, Icton innohåller certifierad hållhar

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.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 240 broths

From least to most processed, this one ranks 133rd. 70% of the broths 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 240 broths, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7318690135944, 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.