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Is Ica paprik & chili lätt créme fraiche ultra-processed?

2dl Sour creams Sold in Sweden

Pack of Ica paprik & chili lätt créme fraiche

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:

  • 25 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed sour creams

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

Crème fraiche (grädde, stabiliserings, medel (modifierad majsstärkelse, e412), syrningskultur), kryddblandning, paprika, tomatpuré, salt, socker, majsstärkelse, citronjuicekoncentrat, torkad lök, vit balsamvinäger (vitvinsvinäger, druvjuicekoncentrat, antioxi dationsmedel (kaliumdisulfit)), vitlök, chili, aromer, paprika 7.4%, chili 0.05%

Additives: E224 Potassium metabisulphite , E412 Guar gum

As written on the pack

Crème fraiche (högpastöriserad grädde, stabiliserings - medel (modifierad majsstärkelse, E412), syrningskultur), kryddblandning (paprika, tomatpuré, salt, socker, majsstärkelse, citronjuicekoncentrat, torkad lök, vit balsamvinäger (vitvinsvinäger, druvjuicekoncentrat, antioxi dationsmedel (kaliumdisulfit)), vitlök, chilipulver**, aromer). 7.4% paprika, 0.05% chilipulver.

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.

  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • 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.
3 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.

  • 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 52 sour creams

From least to most processed, this one ranks 48th. 37% of the sour creams 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 52 sour creams, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7318690141020, 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.