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Is ICA Vego Pastasås Bolognese ultra-processed?

390 g Vegan sauces Sold in Sweden

Pack of ICA Vego Pastasås Bolognese

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:

  • 21 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed vegan sauces

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

Krossade tomater 30%, passerade tomater 20%, vatten, lök, solrosolja, morot, grönsaksmix (ärtprotein 3.1%, röda linser, majsmjöl, psylliumfiber), selleri, socker, salt, modifierad majsstärkelse, karamelliserad sockersyrup, aromer, kryddor och örter, surhetsreglerande medel (e330), Odlade i Italien

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Krossade tomater* 30%, passerade tomater* 20%, vatten, lök, solrosolja, morot, rehydrerad grönsaksmix (ärtprotein 3,1%, röda linser, majsmjöl, psylliumfiber), selleri, socker, salt, modifierad majsstärkelse, karamelliserad sockersyrup, aromer, kryddor och örter, surhetsreglerande medel (E330). Kan innehålla spår av jordnötter. *Odlade i Italien.

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.

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.

  • Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
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.

  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 36 vegan sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 18th. 86% of the vegan sauces 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 36 vegan sauces, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7318690518723, last edited 29 June 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.