Is Johnny's Ketchup Sötstark Klasiska ultra-processed?

470 ml Ketchup Sold in Sweden

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Modified starch

19 ingredients
3 additives
Nutri-Score D

Less processed ketchup

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

Tomatpuré 51%, vatten, socker (processing marker), ättika, paprika 3%, modifierad potatisstärkelse (ultra-processing marker), salt (processing marker), kryddor (bland annat spiskummin, koriander, muskot, vitlök), konserveringsmedel (processing marker) (e202 (processing marker), e211), surhetsreglerande medel (citronsyra), chili, tomatarom

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E211 Sodium benzoate , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Tomatpuré 51%, vatten, socker, ättika, paprikapuré 3%, mod. potatisstärkelse, salt, kryddor (bl.a. spiskummin, koriander, muskot, vitlök), konserveringsmedel (E202, E211), surhetsreglerande medel (citronsyra), chiliextrakt, tomatarom.

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.

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.

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.

E202 Potassium sorbate 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.
Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 155 ketchup

From least to most processed, this one ranks 112th. 54% of the ketchup 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 155 ketchup, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7392031000429, last edited 2 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.