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Is ICA Punschrullar ultra-processed?

210 g Biscuits and cakes Sold in Sweden

Pack of ICA Punschrullar

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:

  • 40 ingredients
  • 6 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

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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

Havregryn, socker, marsipan (socker, mandel 25%, glukos, invertsocker, stabiliseringsmedel (e420), färgämne (e160a, e131), konserveringsmedel (e202)), margarin (fett (palmolja, rapsolja, palmkärnolja, kokosfett), vatten, salt, emulgeringsmedel e471, aromer, surhetsreglerande medel (e330)), kakaoglasyr (socker, olja (palmkärnolja, palmolja, sheaolja), fettreducerat kakaopulver, emulgeringsmedel (e492, sojalecitin)), fettreducerat kakaopulver, arom, konserveringsmedel (e202)

Additives: E131 Patent blue v , E160a Carotene , E202 Potassium sorbate , E330 Citric acid , E420 Sorbitol , E492 Sorbitan tristearate

As written on the pack

Havregryn, socker, marsipan (socker, mandel 25%, glukos, invertsocker, stabiliseringsmedel E420, färgämne (E160a, E131), konserveringsmedel E202), margarin (vegetabilisk fett (palmolja, rapsolja, palmkärnolja, kokosfett), vatten, salt, vegetabiliskt emulgeringsmedel E471, aromer, surhetsreglerande medel E330), kakaoglasyr (socker, vegetabilisk olja (palmkärnolja, palmolja, sheaolja), fettreducerat kakaopulver, vegetabiliskt emulgeringsmedel (E492, sojalecitin)), fettreducerat kakaopulver, arom, konserveringsmedel E202.

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.

  • E131 Patent blue v A food additive authorised for industrial food production.
  • E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
  • E420 Sorbitol Sorbitol is a sugar alcohol used as a sweetener and to keep products moist.
  • E492 Sorbitan tristearate Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
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  • 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.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
7 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.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,122 biscuits and cakes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1836th. 84% of the biscuits and cakes 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 2,122 biscuits and cakes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7318690076926, 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.