Is ICA Supermarket Eksjö Bag köttbulle/rödbe ultra-processed?

Meals with meat 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

23 ingredients
No additives

Less processed meals with meat

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

Rödbetor, olja, äpple, äggula, senapsfrö, ättika, smör (processing marker), sallad, vetemjöl, vatten, salt (processing marker), jäst, druvsocker (ultra-processing marker), nöt, griskött, potatis, potatismjöl, potatisflingor, jodsalt (processing marker), kryddor, jästextrakt, apelsin, persilja

As written on the pack

Rödbetor, vegetabilisk olja, äpple, äggula, senapsfrö, ättika, smör, sallad, vetemjöl, vatten, salt, jäst, druvsocker, nöt & griskött, potatis, potatismjöl, potatisflingor, jodsalt, kryddor, jästextrakt, apelsin, persilja.

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.

Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.

4 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.
Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Sandwiches Products in the category "Sandwiches" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 482 meals with meat

From least to most processed, this one ranks 137th. 77% of the meals with meat 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 482 meals with meat, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 2000124144954, 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.
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.