Is ICA Kycklingköttbullar 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
Glucose
Vegetable fiber

18 ingredients
No additives

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Kycklingkött 72%, vatten, fett från kyckling, potatisstärkelse (processing marker), lök, potatisflingor, salt (processing marker), druvsocker (ultra-processing marker), kryddor (vitpeppar, paprika, svartpepparextrakt), potatisfiber (ultra-processing marker), bambufiber (ultra-processing marker), citrusfiber (ultra-processing marker), vitlök, arom (ultra-processing marker), tomat

As written on the pack

Kycklingkött 72 %, vatten, fett från kyckling, potatisstärkelse, lök, potatisflingor, salt, druvsocker, kryddor (vitpeppar, paprikapulver, svartpepparextrakt), potatisfiber, bambufiber, citrusfiber, vitlök, arom, tomat.

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.

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.
Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.

2 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.

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About this information

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