Is ICA Pannkakor med jordgubbssylt ultra-processed?

350 g Pancakes 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:

Thickener
E440 Pectins

19 ingredients
4 additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed pancakes

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

Pannkakor 86% (kärnmjölk 45%, ägg 24%, vetemjöl, rapsolja, kärnmjölkspulver, salt med jod (processing marker), äggvitepulver), jordgubbssylt 14% (socker (processing marker), jordgubbar 4.9%, vatten, antioxidationsmedel (e330), förtjockningsmedel (ultra-processing marker) (e440 (ultra-processing marker)), konserveringsmedel (processing marker) (e202 (processing marker), e211))

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E211 Sodium benzoate , E330 Citric acid , E440 Pectins

As written on the pack

Pannkakor 86% (kärnmjölk 45%, ägg 24%, vetemjöl, rapsolja, kärnmjölkspulver, salt med jod, äggvitepulver), jordgubbssylt 14% (socker, jordgubbar 35%, vatten, antioxidationsmedel (E330), förtjockningsmedel (E440), konserveringsmedel (E202, E211)).

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.

E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.

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.
Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 55 pancakes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 26th. 85% of the pancakes 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 55 pancakes, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7318690161721, 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.