Is ICA Extra fin Kycklingstekkorv ultra-processed?

500 g Sold in Sweden

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring

22 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score D

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Kycklingkött 77%, vatten, fett från kyckling, salt (processing marker), potatismjöl, druv, socker (processing marker), kryddor (ingefära, vitpep, par), kryddextrakt (svartpeppar, koriander), antioxidationsmedel (e300), konserveringsmedel (processing marker) (e250 (processing marker)), rökarom (ultra-processing marker), Fött, uppfött och slaktat i Sverige, Ej ätbart korvskinn

Additives: E250 Sodium nitrite , E300 Ascorbic acid

As written on the pack

Kycklingkött* 77%, vatten, fett från kyckling*, salt, potatismjöl, druv - socker, kryddor (ingefära, vitpep - par), kryddextrakt (svartpeppar, koriander), antioxidationsmedel (E300), konserveringsmedel (E250), rökarom. *Fött, uppfött och slaktat i Sverige. Ej ätbart korvskinn.

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.

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.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7318690166443, 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.