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Is ICA Vitlöksbaguetter ultra-processed?

350 g (2 x 175 g) Baguettes Sold in Sweden

Pack of ICA Vitlöksbaguetter

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:

  • 20 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed baguettes

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

Baguette (vetemjöl, vatten, jäst, joderat salt, vetegluten, mjölförbättringsmedel (e300)), vitlökssmör 15% (smör, vatten, vitlök, salt, modifierad majsstärkelse, mjölkprotein, persilja, lök, surhetsreglerande medel (e330), arom)

Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Baguette (vetemjöl, vatten, jäst, joderat salt, vetegluten, mjölförbättringsmedel (E300)), vitlökssmör 15% (smör (mjölk), vatten, vitlök, salt, modifierad majsstärkelse, mjölkprotein, persilja, lökpulver, surhetsreglerande medel (E330), arom).

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.

  • Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
  • Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
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.

  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Bread An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 67 baguettes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 59th. 63% of the baguettes 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 67 baguettes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7318690018094, last edited 14 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.