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Is ICA Guacamole Style ultra-processed?

260g Guacamoles Sold in Sweden

Pack of ICA Guacamole Style

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:

  • 34 ingredients
  • 8 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed guacamoles

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

Vatten, avokado 19%, grädde lök, grön paprika 4.3%, tomat, rapsolja, modifierad majsstärkelse, socker, grön chilipeppar, salt, röd paprika, jalapeño, kryddor (kummin, cayenne, peppar), antioxidationsmedel (e300), laktos (från mjölk), syra (e270, e330), citronjuicekoncentrat stabiliseringsmedel (e415, e412), emulgeringsmedel (e472e), korianderblad, färgämne (e160a, e141), persilja, vitlöks

Additives: E141 Copper complexes of chlorophylls and chlorophyllins , E160a Carotene , E270 Lactic acid , E300 Ascorbic acid , E330 Citric acid , E412 Guar gum , E415 Xanthan gum , E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

As written on the pack

Vatten, avokado* 19%, grädde lök, grön paprika 4,3%, tomat, rapsolja, modifierad majsstärkelse, socker, grön chilipeppar, salt, röd paprika, jalapeño, kryddor (kummin, cayenne - peppar), antioxidationsmedel (E300), laktos (från mjölk), syra (E270, E330), citronjuicekoncentrat stabiliseringsmedel (E415, E412), emulgeringsmedel (E472e), korianderblad, färgämne (E160a, E141), persilja, vitlökspulver.

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.

  • E141 Copper complexes of chlorophylls and chlorophyllins Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
  • E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
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  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
  • 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.

  • Lactose Lactose is milk sugar, crystallised industrially from whey, a by-product of cheese making.
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 34 guacamoles

From least to most processed, this one ranks 33rd. 32% of the guacamoles 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 34 guacamoles, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7318690491279, 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.