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Is ICA Kycklingsallad ultra-processed?

400 g Pasta salad with chicken Sold in Sweden

Pack of ICA Kycklingsallad

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:

  • 71 ingredients
  • 14 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed pasta salad with chicken

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

Pasta 42% (durumvete, vatten), marinad (vatten, salt, rapsolja, vitvinsvinäger, modifierad potatisstärkelse, konserveringsmedel (e202, e211)), salladskyckling 14% (skinnfritt kycklingkött, salt, paprika, glukossirap (majs), potatisfiber, stabiliseringsmedel (e450, e451), surhetsreglerande medel (e301, e327, e325), konserveringsmedel (e262, e270), arom), pestodressing 12%, rapsolja, vatten, basilika, äggula, vitlök, salt, vinäger, italiensk hårdost, mjölk, salt, löpe, konserveringsmedel (e1105), ättiksprit, senapsfrö, svartpeppar, socker, chili, konserveringsmedel (e202), förtjockningsmedel (e412, e415), surhetsreglerande medel (e330), tomater 8% (tomat, salt, solrosolja, vitlök, oregano), babyspenat 8%, morot 8%, salladsost 8% (mjölk, salt, syrningskultur, ystenzym, surhetsreglerande medel (e509))

Additives: E1105 Lysozyme , E202 Potassium sorbate , E211 Sodium benzoate , E262 Sodium acetates , E270 Lactic acid , E301 Sodium ascorbate , E325 Sodium lactate , E327 Calcium lactate , E330 Citric acid , E412 Guar gum , E415 Xanthan gum , E450 Diphosphates , E451 Triphosphates , E509 Calcium chloride

As written on the pack

Pasta 42 % (durumvete, vatten), marinad (vatten, salt, rapsolja, vitvinsvinäger, modifierad potatisstärkelse, konserveringsmedel (E202, E211)), salladskyckling 14 % (skinnfritt kycklingkött, salt, paprika, glukossirap (majs), potatisfiber, stabiliseringsmedel (E450, E451), surhetsreglerande medel (E301, E327, E325), konserveringsmedel (E262, E270), arom), pestodressing 12 % (rapsolja, vatten, basilika, äggula, vitlök, salt, vinäger, italiensk hårdost (mjölk, salt, löpe, konserveringsmedel (E1105 (ägg))), ättiksprit, senapsfrö, svartpeppar, socker, chili, konserveringsmedel (E202), förtjockningsmedel (E412, E415), surhetsreglerande medel (E330)), semitorkade tomater 8 % (tomat, salt, solrosolja, vitlök, oregano), babyspenat 8 %, morot 8 %, salladsost 8 % (mjölk, salt, syrningskultur, ystenzym, surhetsreglerande medel (E509)).

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.

  • E325 Sodium lactate Antioxidants are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by oxidation, such as fat rancidity and colour changes.
  • E327 Calcium lactate Thickeners are substances which increase the viscosity of a foodstuff.
  • 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.
  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
  • E451 Triphosphates 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.
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  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.
  • 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.
  • Glucose syrup 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.
8 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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 9 pasta salad with chicken

From least to most processed, this one ranks 9th. 78% of the pasta salad with chicken 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 9 pasta salad with chicken, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7318690501725, 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.