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Is ICA Vegiar ultra-processed?

190 g Seaweed products Sold in Sweden

Pack of ICA Vegiar

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:

  • 26 ingredients
  • 6 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed seaweed products

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

Tångcaviar 35% (havstång, vatten, salt, kryddor (bland annat cayennepeppar), aromer (bland annat dill), e330, e415, e202, e211, e172), rapsolja, vatten, socker, potatisflingor, salt, tomatpuré, kikärtsmjöl, ärtprotein, e415, e202, e211, e300, kryddextrakt

Additives: E172 Iron oxides and iron hydroxides , E202 Potassium sorbate , E211 Sodium benzoate , E300 Ascorbic acid , E330 Citric acid , E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

Tångcaviar 35% (havstångextrakt, vatten, salt, kryddor (bl.a cayennepeppar), aromer (bl.a dill), syra (E330), stabiliseringsmedel (E415), konserveringsmedel (E202, E211), färgämne (E172)), rapsolja, vatten, socker, potatisflingor, salt, tomatpuré, kikärtsmjöl, ärtprotein, stabiliseringsmedel (E415), konserveringsmedel (E202, E211), antioxidationsmedel (E300), kryddextrakt.

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.

  • E172 Iron oxides and iron hydroxides Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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.

  • E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 12 seaweed products

From least to most processed, this one ranks 12th. 33% of the seaweed products 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 12 seaweed products, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7318690506393, last edited 23 September 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.