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Is ICA Ost- och skinksallad ultra-processed?

365 g Pasta salad with meat Sold in Sweden

Pack of ICA Ost- och skinksallad

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:

  • 59 ingredients
  • 8 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed pasta salad with meat

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)), salladsmix 14% (frisésallat, vitkål, rödkål, morot, rosésallat), skinka 14% (skinka av gris (helmuskel), salt, antioxidationsmedel (e325, e301), maltodextrin, druvsocker, stabiliseringsmedel (e451), kryddextrakt (muskotnöt, svartpeppar), konserveringsmedel (e250)), Rhode Island-dressing 12% (rapsolja, vatten, tomatpuré, äggula, lök, vinäger, paprika, honung, chili, salt, vitpeppar, konserveringsmedel (e202, e211), förtjockningsmedel (e415)), körsbärstomat 8%, majs 5.5%, ost 5.5% (mjölk, salt, syrningskultur, ystenzym, kalciumklorid)

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E211 Sodium benzoate , E250 Sodium nitrite , E301 Sodium ascorbate , E325 Sodium lactate , E415 Xanthan gum , E451 Triphosphates , E509 Calcium chloride

As written on the pack

Pasta 42 % (durumvete, vatten), marinad (vatten, salt, rapsolja, vitvinsvinäger, modifierad potatisstärkelse, konserveringsmedel (E202, E211)), salladsmix 14 % (frisésallat, vitkål, rödkål, morot, rosésallat), rökt skinka 14 % (skinka av gris (helmuskel), salt, antioxidationsmedel (E325, E301), maltodextrin, druvsocker, stabiliseringsmedel (E451), kryddextrakt (muskotnöt, svartpeppar), konserveringsmedel (E250)), Rhode Island-dressing 12 % (rapsolja, vatten, tomatpuré, äggula, lök, vinäger, paprika, honung, chili, salt, vitpeppar, konserveringsmedel (E202, E211), förtjockningsmedel (E415)), körsbärstomat 8 %, majs 5,5 %, ost 5,5 % (mjölk, salt, syrningskultur, ystenzym, kalciumklorid).

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.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
9 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.
  • 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.
  • Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 13 pasta salad with meat

From least to most processed, this one ranks 10th. 77% of the pasta salad with meat 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 13 pasta salad with meat, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7318690501732, 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.