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Is ICA Grill Potatissallad ultra-processed?

700 g Potato salads Sold in Sweden

Pack of ICA Grill Potatissallad

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:

  • 40 ingredients
  • 6 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed potato salads

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

Kokt potatis 51%, majonnäs (rapsolja, vatten, äggula, modifierad stärkelse (majs, potatis), ättika, socker, konserveringsmedel (e202, e211), salt, stabiliseringsmedel (e401), surhetsreglerande medel (e330)), majs 4%, paprika 2%, kryddmix (salt, socker, druvsocker, lök, paprika, svartpeppar, vitlök, vitpeppar, cayennepeppar, chilipeppar, koriander, oregano, rapsolja), lök, citronjuice från koncentrat, vatten, citronjuice, konserveringsmedel (e224)

Additives: E14XX Modified Starch , E202 Potassium sorbate , E211 Sodium benzoate , E224 Potassium metabisulphite , E330 Citric acid , E401 Sodium alginate

As written on the pack

Kokt potatis 51%, majonnäs (rapsolja, vatten, äggula, modifierad stärkelse (majs, potatis), ättika, socker, konserveringsmedel (E202, E211), salt, stabiliseringsmedel (E401), surhetsreglerande medel (E330)), majs 4%, paprika 2%, kryddmix (salt, socker, druvsocker, lök, paprika, svartpeppar, vitlök, vitpeppar, cayennepeppar, chilipeppar, koriander, oregano, rapsolja), lök, citronjuice från koncentrat (vatten, citronjuice, konserveringsmedel (E224)

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.

  • E14xx Modified Starch Modified starches (E1400 to E1452) are starches treated physically, with enzymes or chemically so that they thicken and hold up to heating, freezing or acidity better than ordinary starch.
  • E401 Sodium alginate A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.

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.
7 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.
  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • 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.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 28 potato salads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 25th. 89% of the potato salads 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 28 potato salads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7318690055464, 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.