Is ICA Mini Cottage Cheese ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 10 ingredients
- 1 additive
- Nutri-Score A
Less processed fresh cheeses
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
mjölk, salt (processing marker), vasslepermeat (ultra-processing marker), modifierad potatisstärkelse (ultra-processing marker), konserveringsmedel (processing marker) (e202 (processing marker)), syrningskultur, mjölkkoagulerande enzym (mikrobiellt), Ursprung Sverige
Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate
As written on the pack
Pastöriserad mjölk, salt, vasslepermeat (mjölk), modifierad potatisstärkelse*, konserveringsmedel (E202), syrningskultur, mjölkkoagulerande enzym (mikrobiellt). *Ursprung Sverige.
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.
- 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.
- Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
5 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.
- Cheeses Products in the category "Cheeses" 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.
Among 91 fresh cheeses
From least to most processed, this one ranks 64th. 37% of the fresh cheeses here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7318690134305, last edited 9 May 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 A (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.