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Is ICA Selection Färsk pasta med sparris och rökt sidfläsk ultra-processed?

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Pack of ICA Selection Färsk pasta med sparris och rökt sidfläsk

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:

  • 39 ingredients
  • 3 additives

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

sparris (sparris, solrosolja, lök, vitt vin, vitlök), ströbröd (vetemjöl, salt, jäst), ricottaost (vassle (från mjölk), grädde, salt, e330, e270), äggkräm (delvis skummad mjölk, äggula, vetemjöl, socker, svartpeppar), laktos (från mjölk), sidfläsk (griskött, salt, e250), ost (mjölk, salt, mjölksyrabakterier, ystenzym (mikrobiellt)), pastadeg (vetemjöl (ägg, durumvete))

Additives: E250 Sodium nitrite , E270 Lactic acid , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

marinerad sparris (sparris, solrosolja, lök, vitt vin (sulfit), vitlök), ströbröd (vetemjöl, salt, jäst), ricottaost (vassle (från mjölk), grädde, salt, surhetsreglerande medel (E330, E270)), äggkräm (delvis skummad mjölk, äggula, vetemjöl, socker, svartpeppar), laktos (från mjölk), rökt sidfläsk (griskött, salt, konserveringsmedel (E250)), riven ost (mjölk, salt, mjölksyrabakterier, ystenzym (mikrobiellt)), pastadeg (vetemjöl (ägg, durumvete))

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

  • Lactose Lactose is milk sugar, crystallised industrially from whey, a by-product of cheese making.
  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
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.

  • E250 Sodium nitrite 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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

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About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7318690520184, last edited 19 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.