Is Ikea Vintersaga ultra-processed?

500 g Pastries Sold in Ireland, France and Germany

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
Invert sugar
E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

26 ingredients
3 additives
Nutri-Score E

Less processed pastries

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

Wheat flour, sugar (processing marker), margarine (vegetable fats (processing marker), oils (palm, shea (processing marker), palmkernel, rapeseed, coconut (processing marker)), water, salt (processing marker) (e471 (ultra-processing marker)), nat, ural flavouring (e330)), invert sugar syrup (ultra-processing marker), e500, cinnamon, ginger 0.3%, cloves, natural flavouring (ultra-processing marker), non-EU, Storage (Store dry at room temperature, b)

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E500 Sodium carbonates

As written on the pack

Wheat flour*,sugar, margarine (vegetable fats and oils [palm, shea, palmkernel, rapeseed, coconut], water, salt, emulsifier [E471], nat - ural flavouring, acid [E330]), invert sugar syrup, raising agent (E500), cinnamon, ginger** (0.3 %), cloves, natural flavouring. May contain traces of eggs and almonds. *Origin: EU and non-EU **Origin: non-EU. Storage: Store dry at room temperature. b

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.

E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.

Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.

5 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.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
Vegetable fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 205 pastries

From least to most processed, this one ranks 78th. 87% of the pastries 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 205 pastries, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 1503742900007, last edited 13 March 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.