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Is ICA Paj med ost & brocoli ultra-processed?

Quiches with vegetables Sold in Sweden

Pack of ICA Paj med ost & brocoli

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 44 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score D

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

ingredients filling, broccoli, eggs, mozzarella (milk, salt, acidculture, milk coagulate enzyme (microbial), consistency agent (e509)), blue cheese (milk, salt, acidculture, mould culture, milk coagulation enzyme (micro-bial)), emmental cheese (milk, acidculture, milk coagulant enzyme (microbial), salt, consistency agent e509), cornstarch, cream, salt, parsley, nutmeg, black pepper, potato starch, pie peel (wheat flour), durum wheat flour, water, butter, rapeseed oil, eggs, salt, product contains 18% broccoli, mozzaa 9%, blue cheese 5%, emmentalerost 2%

Additives: E509 Calcium chloride

As written on the pack

ingredients filling: milk, broccoli, eggs, mozzarella (pasteurised milk, salt, acidculture, milk coagulate enzyme (microbial), consistency agent (e509)), blue cheese (pasteurised milk, salt, acidculture, mould culture, milk coagulation enzyme (micro-bial)), emmental cheese (pasteurised milk, acidculture, milk coagulant enzyme (microbial), salt, consistency agent e509)), cornstarch, cream (milk), salt, parsley, nutmeg, black pepper, potato starch, pie peel: wheat flour, durum wheat flour, water, butter (milk), rapeseed oil, eggs, salt, product contains 18% broccoli, 9% mozzaa, 5% blue cheese and 2% emmentalerost

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 9 quiches with vegetables

From least to most processed, this one ranks 6th. 22% of the quiches with vegetables 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 quiches with vegetables, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7318690089575, last edited 14 July 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.