Is Ica Spareribs Smokey Rimmade ultra-processed?

882 g Sold in Sweden

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:

  • 19 ingredients
  • 3 additives

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Tunna revben av gris 87%, vatten, socker (processing marker), salt (processing marker), tomatpuré, kryddor (chilipeppar, oregano, spiskummin, vitlök), lök, arom (ultra-processing marker), rökarom (ultra-processing marker), modifierad majsstärkelse (ultra-processing marker), antioxidationsmedel (e301, e331), surhetsreglerande medel (e330)

Additives: E301 Sodium ascorbate , E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates

As written on the pack

Tunna revben av gris 87%, vatten, socker, salt, tomatpuré, kryddor (chilipeppar, oregano, spiskummin, vitlök), lök, arom, rökarom, modifierad majsstärkelse, antioxidationsmedel (E301, E331), surhetsreglerande medel (E330)

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.

  • 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

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 2319125008821, 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.
  • 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.