Is Ikea Huvudroll - Chicken Meatballs ultra-processed?

1000g Meat balls Sold in Sweden, France and Germany

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Starch

13 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score D

Less processed meat preparations

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

chicken meat 69%, water, onions, chicken skin, fried onions (onions, rapeseed oil), potato starch (processing marker), salt (processing marker), onion powder, white pepper, ground ginger, allspice

As written on the pack

Minced chicken meat (69%), water, onions, chicken skin, fried onions (onions, rapeseed oil), potato starch, salt, onion powder, white pepper, ground ginger, allspice.

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 47 meat balls

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1st. 74% of the meat balls 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 47 meat balls, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7315120020672, last edited 14 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 D (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.