Is ICA Vegansk Potatisgratäng ultra-processed?

800 g Potato gratin 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:

Thickener
E415 Xanthan gum

18 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score C

Less processed potato gratin

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

Potatis 65%, havredryck 21% (vatten, fullkornshavre, solrosolja (processing marker), salt (processing marker)), vatten, rapsolja, majsstärkelse (processing marker), salt (processing marker), kryddor (peppar, persilja, basilika, mejram, salvia), förtjockningsmedel (ultra-processing marker) (e415 (ultra-processing marker))

Additives: E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

Potatis 65 %, havredryck 21 % (vatten, fullkornshavre, solrosolja, salt), vatten, rapsolja, majsstärkelse, salt, kryddor (peppar, persilja, basilika, mejram, salvia), förtjockningsmedel (E415).

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.

E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.

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.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 13 potato gratin

From least to most processed, this one ranks 12th. 31% of the potato gratin 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 13 potato gratin, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7318690491835, 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.