Is Jakobsdals Gallerrökt Skinka ultra-processed?

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Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Dextrose
Glucose
E325 Sodium lactate
E451 Triphosphates

12 ingredients
4 additives

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Skinka (helmuskel), salt (processing marker), druvsocker (ultra-processing marker) (majs (ultra-processing marker)), e325 (ultra-processing marker), e301, e451 (ultra-processing marker), kryddor, kryddextrakt (muskot), e250 (processing marker)

Additives: E250 Sodium nitrite , E301 Sodium ascorbate , E325 Sodium lactate , E451 Triphosphates

As written on the pack

Skinka (helmuskel), salt, druvsocker (majs), antioxidationsmedel E325, E301, stabiliseringsmedel E451, kryddor, kryddextrakt (muskot), konserveringsmedel E250

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.

E325 Sodium lactate Antioxidants are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by oxidation, such as fat rancidity and colour changes.
E451 Triphosphates 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.

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.

Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
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.

E250 Sodium nitrite Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7391196007533, last edited 1 September 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.