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Is ICA Pulled pork ultra-processed?

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Pack of ICA Pulled pork

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:

  • 50 ingredients
  • 8 additives

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Pulled pork 86.4% (Griskött, kryddor (paprika, chilipeppar, spiskummin, oregano, cayennepeppar, libbsticka), rapsolja, farinsocker, salt, lök, vitlök, socker, kryddextrakt (chilipeppar), rök (hickory)), BBQ-sås 13.6% (Vatten, socker, äppeljuicekoncentrat, tomatpuré, salt, senap (vatten, ättiksprit, senapsfrö, socker, salt, kryddor), e1442, krydda, lök, invertsockersirap, vitvinvinäger, e150c, e150a, rökarom, ättiksprit, e415, e202, e211, kryddextrakt (paprika, gurkmeja), arom, e296, citronjuicepulver)

Additives: E1442 Hydroxypropyl distarch phosphate , E14XX Modified Starch , E150a Plain caramel , E150c Ammonia caramel , E202 Potassium sorbate , E211 Sodium benzoate , E296 Malic acid , E415 Xanthan gum

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E150c Ammonia caramel.

As written on the pack

Pulled pork 86.4% (Griskött*, kryddor (paprika, chilipeppar, spiskummin, oregano, cayennepeppar, libbsticka), rapsolja, farinsocker, salt, lök, vitlök, socker, kryddextrakt (chilipeppar), rökextrakt (hickory)), BBQ-sås 13.6% (Vatten, socker, äppeljuicekoncentrat, tomatpuré, salt, senap (vatten, ättiksprit, senapsfrö, socker, salt, kryddor), modifierad stärkelse (E1442), krydda, lök, invertsockersirap, vitvinvinäger, färgämne (E150c, E150a), rökarom, ättiksprit, förtjockningsmedel (E415), konserveringsmedel (E202, E211), kryddextrakt (paprika, gurkmeja), arom, surhetsreglerande medel (E296), citronjuicepulver.)

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.

  • E1442 Hydroxypropyl distarch phosphate Hydroxypropyl distarch phosphate is a chemically modified starch used to thicken and stabilise desserts, sauces and soups.
  • E14xx Modified Starch Modified starches (E1400 to E1452) are starches treated physically, with enzymes or chemically so that they thicken and hold up to heating, freezing or acidity better than ordinary starch.
  • E150a Plain caramel Plain caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars.
  • E150c Ammonia caramel Ammonia caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars with ammonia compounds.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.

  • Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
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.

  • 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.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

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About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7318690105190, last edited 16 September 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.