Is ICA Korv Stroganoff ultra-processed?

400 g Refrigerated meals 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:

Glucose

44 ingredients
2 additives

Less processed refrigerated meals

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

Ris 40% (ris, salt (processing marker)), falukorv 30% (gris, och nötkött 60%, vatten, fett från gris, potatisstärkelse (processing marker), salt (processing marker), druvsocker (ultra-processing marker), lök, vitpeppar, svartpeppar, ingefära, muskot, antioxidationsmedel (e300), konserveringsmedel (processing marker) (e250 (processing marker))), stroganoffbas 30%, vatten, tomatpuré 13%, grädde 11%, lök, creme fraiche (grädde, syrningskultur), majsstärkelse (processing marker), rapsolja, paprika, grönsaksbuljong (morot, purjolök, lök, vitlök, vitvinsextrakt, salt (processing marker), solrosolja (processing marker), kryddextrakt (timjan, lagerblad, kryddnejlika)), vitpeppar

Additives: E250 Sodium nitrite , E300 Ascorbic acid

As written on the pack

Ris 40 % (ris, salt), falukorv 30 % (gris - & nötkött 60 %, vatten, fett från gris, potatisstärkelse, salt, druvsocker, lökpulver, vitpeppar, svartpeppar, ingefära, muskot, antioxidationsmedel (E300), konserveringsmedel (E250)), stroganoffbas 30 % (vatten, tomatpuré 13%, grädde 11%, lök, creme fraiche (högpastöriserad grädde, syrningskultur), majsstärkelse, rapsolja, paprikapulver, grönsaksbuljong (morot, purjolök, lök, vitlök, vitvinsextrakt, salt, solrosolja, kryddextrakt (timjan, lagerblad, kryddnejlika)), vitpeppar).

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.

6 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.
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.
Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 44 refrigerated meals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 21st. 61% of the refrigerated meals 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 44 refrigerated meals, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7318690161660, 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.
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