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Is Kalles Orginal ultra-processed?

300 g Caviars Sold in Sweden, France and Germany

Pack of Kalles Orginal

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 10 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed fish and meat and eggs

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

Utvald sockersaltad torskrom 52%, rapsolja, socker, potatisflingor, tomatpuré, salt, konserveringsmedel (kaliumsorbat), antioxidationsmedel (askorbinsyra)

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E300 Ascorbic acid

As written on the pack

Utvald sockersaltad torskrom (52%), rapsolja, socker, potatisflingor, tomatpuré, salt, konserveringsmedel (kaliumsorbat), antioxidationsmedel (askorbinsyra).

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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

Preservation and traditional processing

Keep food safe or ferment it, like preservatives and cultures. A sign of processing, not ultra-processing.

  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 20 caviars

From least to most processed, this one ranks 6th. 30% of the caviars 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 20 caviars, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7311170031149, last edited 21 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.