Is ICA Panerad Sej med kulpotatis och romsås ultra-processed?

400 g Refrigerated meals 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:

Colour
Flavouring
Thickener
E101 Riboflavin
E120 Cochineal
E1442 Hydroxypropyl distarch phosphate
and 3 more

51 ingredients
10 additives
Nutri-Score A

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Kulpotatis 61% (potatis, vatten, stabiliseringsmedel (e450i (ultra-processing marker))), panerad sej 28% (sej 65% (Pollachius Virens)), panering (vetemjöl, vatten, rapsolja, potatisstärkelse (processing marker), salt (processing marker), jäst, naturliga smakämnen (ultra-processing marker)), romsås 11%, rapsolja, vatten, loddarom (saltad loddarom, vatten, konserveringsmedel (processing marker) (e202 (processing marker), e211), förtjockningsmedel (ultra-processing marker) (e415 (ultra-processing marker)), surhetsreglerande medel (e330), färgämne (ultra-processing marker) (e101 (ultra-processing marker), e120 (ultra-processing marker))), rödlök, äggula, dill, socker (processing marker), salt (processing marker), ättiksprit, senapsfrö, vinäger, gräslök, kryddextrakt, cayennepeppar, konserveringsmedel (processing marker) (e202 (processing marker)), förtjockningsmedel (ultra-processing marker) (e412 (ultra-processing marker), e415 (ultra-processing marker), e1442 (ultra-processing marker)), surhetsreglerande medel (e330)

Additives: E101 Riboflavin , E120 Cochineal , E1442 Hydroxypropyl distarch phosphate , E202 Potassium sorbate , E211 Sodium benzoate , E330 Citric acid , E412 Guar gum , E415 Xanthan gum , E450 Diphosphates , E450i Disodium diphosphate

As written on the pack

Kulpotatis 61% (potatis, vatten, stabiliseringsmedel (E450i)), panerad sej 28% (sej (Pollachius Virens) 65%), panering (vetemjöl, vatten, rapsolja, potatisstärkelse, salt, jäst, naturliga smakämnen), romsås 11% (rapsolja, vatten, loddarom (saltad loddarom, vatten, konserveringsmedel (E202, E211), förtjockningsmedel (E415), surhetsreglerande medel (E330), färgämne (E101, E120)), rödlök, äggula, dill, socker, salt, ättiksprit, senapsfrö, vinäger, gräslök, kryddextrakt, cayennepeppar, konserveringsmedel (E202), förtjockningsmedel (E412, E415, E1442), surhetsreglerande medel (E330)).

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.

E101 Riboflavin Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
E120 Cochineal Carmine is a red colour made from cochineal insects.
E1442 Hydroxypropyl distarch phosphate Hydroxypropyl distarch phosphate is a chemically modified starch used to thicken and stabilise desserts, sauces and soups.
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.

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Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
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.

6 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 44 refrigerated meals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 43rd. 61% of the refrigerated meals 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 44 refrigerated meals, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7318690167280, 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 A (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.