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Is Ica Extra Fin Smal Kabanoss ultra-processed?

225g Meats and their products Sold in Sweden

Pack of Ica Extra Fin Smal Kabanoss

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
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed meats and their products

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

griskött 89%, vatten, potatisstärkelse, fett från gris, salt, kryddor (paprika, vitpeppar, svartpeppar, cayennepeppar, kryddpeppar, chili, spiskummin, kryddmejlika), stabiliseringsmedel (e450), druvsocker, vitlök, entioxidationsmedel (e300), konserveringsmedel (e250)

Additives: E250 Sodium nitrite , E300 Ascorbic acid , E450 Diphosphates

As written on the pack

griskött 89%, vatten, potatisstärkelse, fett från gris, salt, kryddor (paprika, vitpeppar, svartpeppar, cayennepeppar, kryddpeppar, chilipulver, spiskummin, kryddmejlika), stabiliseringsmedel (E450), druvsocker, vitlök, entioxidationsmedel (E300), konserveringsmedel E250).

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.

  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,998 meats and their products

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1238th. 68% of the meats and their products 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 1,998 meats and their products, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7318690075226, 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.