Is ICA Smidigt & gott Kyckling och fetaost, pastasallad ultra-processed?

320 g Meals with chicken 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:

Glucose
E407 Carrageenan

55 ingredients
4 additives
Nutri-Score C

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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

Pastablandning 31%, pasta 73% (durumvete, vatten, rapsolja, salt (processing marker)), Basilikadressing, olivolja (processing marker), rapsolja, basilika, Grana Padano (processing marker), mjölk, salt (processing marker), löpe, konserveringsmedel (processing marker) (lysozym (från ägg)), babyspenat, citronjuice, vitlök, salt (processing marker), solroskärnor (solroskärnor, solrosolja (processing marker)), Salladsmix 25% (isbergssallat, frillicesallat, rosésallat), Kyckling 20% (kycklingfilé, olja (raps, solros), salt (processing marker), druvsocker (ultra-processing marker), antioxidationsmedel (e331, e301), stabiliseringsmedel (e407 (ultra-processing marker)), torkad morot, purjolök, jästextrakt, mejram, pepparextrakt, lökextrakt, libbsticka), Fetaost (processing marker) 15% (pastöriserad get-, fårmjölk, mjölkkoagulerande ystenzym (mikrobiellt), salt (processing marker), mjölksyrakultur), Tomat

Additives: E1105 Lysozyme , E301 Sodium ascorbate , E331 Sodium citrates , E407 Carrageenan

As written on the pack

Pastablandning 31% (pasta 73% (durumvete, vatten, rapsolja, salt). Basilikadressing (olivolja, rapsolja, basilika, Grana Padano (pastöriserad mjölk, salt, löpe, konserveringsmedel (lysozym (från ägg))), babyspenat, citronjuice, vitlök, salt). Rostade solroskärnor (solroskärnor, solrosolja). Salladsmix 25% (isbergssallat, frillicesallat, rosésallat). Kyckling 20% (kycklingfilé, vegetabilisk olja (raps, solros), salt, druvsocker, antioxidationsmedel (E331, E301), stabiliseringsmedel (E407), torkad morot, torkad purjolök, jästextrakt, mejram, pepparextrakt, lökextrakt, libbsticka). Fetaost 15% (pastöriserad get- och fårmjölk, mjölkkoagulerande ystenzym (mikrobiellt), salt, mjölksyrakultur). Tomat.

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.

E407 Carrageenan Carrageenan is a thickener and gelling agent extracted from red seaweed, used widely in dairy desserts, plant-based drinks and processed meats.

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.

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.

Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 213 meals with chicken

From least to most processed, this one ranks 125th. 79% of the meals with chicken 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 213 meals with chicken, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7318690118404, 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.