Is Kalv fond ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 17 ingredients
- 2 additives
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Koncentrerad kalvbuljong 56% (vatten, kalvköttsextrakt 4.1%), salt (processing marker), socker (processing marker), tomatpuré, arom (ultra-processing marker), grönsaksjuicekoncentrat (morot, lök), modifierad stärkelse (ultra-processing marker), karamelliserad sirap (processing marker), maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), förtjockningsmedel (ultra-processing marker) (xantangummi (ultra-processing marker)), lagerblad, svartpeppar
Additives: E14XX Modified Starch , E415 Xanthan gum
As written on the pack
Koncentrerad kalvbuljong 56 % (vatten, kalvköttsextrakt 4,1%), salt, socker, tomatpuré, arom, grönsaksjuicekoncentrat (morot, lök), modifierad stärkelse, karamelliserad sirap, maltodextrin, förtjockningsmedel (xantangummi), lagerblad, svartpeppar.
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.
- E14xx Modified Starch Modified starches (E1400 to E1452) are starches treated physically, with enzymes or chemically so that they thicken and hold up to heating, freezing or acidity better than ordinary starch.
- E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
- 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.
- 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.
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.
- Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
3 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.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8711200361526, 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.
- 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.