Is Jacomare Fish Nuggets ultra-processed?

300g Breaded fish

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
Glucose
Thickener
E450 Diphosphates
E461 Methyl cellulose
E464 Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose

31 ingredients
4 additives
Nutri-Score B

Less processed breaded fish

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

Torsk 45% (Gadus morhua), mjöl (majs, ris, vete), vatten, stärkelse (processing marker) (vete, potatis, majs), olja (solros, raps), svartpeppar, veteprotein, jäst, salt (processing marker), fiber (citron, vete), druvsocker (ultra-processing marker), vinäger, bakpulver (e450 (ultra-processing marker)), naturlig arom (ultra-processing marker), förtjockningsmedel (ultra-processing marker) (e461 (ultra-processing marker), e464 (ultra-processing marker)), antioxidationsmedel (e331)

Additives: E331 Sodium citrates , E450 Diphosphates , E461 Methyl cellulose , E464 Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose

As written on the pack

Torskfärs (Gadus morhua) 45%, mjöl (majs, ris, vete), vatten, stärkelse (vete, potatis, majs), olja (solros, raps), svartpeppar, veteprotein, jäst, salt, fiber (citron, vete), druvsocker, vinäger, bakpulver (E450), naturlig arom, förtjockningsmedel (E461, E464), antioxidationsmedel (E331).

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.

E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
E461 Methyl cellulose Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
E464 Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.

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.

Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.

2 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 163 breaded fish

From least to most processed, this one ranks 153rd. 77% of the breaded fish 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 163 breaded fish, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8717545139530, last edited 15 January 2024), 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.