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Is ICA Vardagsfest Långkokt skinkstek med potatis och svampsås ultra-processed?

400 g Pork meals Sold in Sweden

Pack of ICA Vardagsfest Långkokt skinkstek med potatis och svampsås

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:

  • 45 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed pork meals

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

Kokt potatis 56% (potatis, vatten, stabiliseringsmedel (e450)), skinkstek 27% (skinka av gris, salt, druvsocker, svartpeppar, kryddextrakt (vitpeppar), stabiliseringsmedel (e451)), svampsås 17%, vatten, mjölk, champinjoner 23%, grädde, lök, rapsolja, majsstärkelse, grönsaksbuljong (morot, purjolök, lök, vitlök, vitt vin, salt, solrosolja, kryddextrakt (timjan, lagerblad, kryddnejlika)), salt, sojasås (vatten, sojabönsmjöl, sojabönor, vetemjöl, salt, socker, svampextrakt), vitpeppar, timjan

Additives: E450 Diphosphates , E451 Triphosphates

As written on the pack

Kokt potatis 56 % (potatis, vatten, stabiliseringsmedel (E450)), skinkstek 27 % (skinka av gris, salt, druvsocker, svartpeppar, kryddextrakt (vitpeppar), stabiliseringsmedel (E451)), svampsås 17 % (vatten, mjölk, champinjoner 23 %, grädde, lök, rapsolja, majsstärkelse, grönsaksbuljong (morot, purjolök, lök, vitlök, vitt vinextrakt, salt, solrosolja, kryddextrakt (timjan, lagerblad, kryddnejlika)), salt, sojasås (vatten, sojabönsmjöl, sojabönor, vetemjöl, salt, socker, svampextrakt), vitpeppar, timjan).

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.

  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
  • E451 Triphosphates 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.

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.
6 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.
  • 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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 62 pork meals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 30th. 87% of the pork meals 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 62 pork meals, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7318690489375, 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.