Is Kavli o. as hovedlager Pestodressing ultra-processed?

300 ml Sold in Sweden

Pack of Kavli o. as hovedlager Pestodressing

Yes, it's ultra-processed

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

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 24 ingredients
  • 9 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

vatten, rapsolja, vinäger, socker (processing marker), salt (processing marker), vitlök, aromer (ultra-processing marker), ostpulver (processing marker), förtjockningsmedel (ultra-processing marker) (e401 (ultra-processing marker), e415 (ultra-processing marker)), basilika, färgämne (ultra-processing marker) (e161b (ultra-processing marker), e141 (ultra-processing marker)), syra (e270), antioxidationsmedel (e300, kaliumdisulfit), konserveringsmedel (processing marker) (e202 (processing marker), e211), vitpeppar

Additives: E141 Copper complexes of chlorophylls and chlorophyllins , E161b Lutein , E202 Potassium sorbate , E211 Sodium benzoate , E224 Potassium metabisulphite , E270 Lactic acid , E300 Ascorbic acid , E401 Sodium alginate , E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

vatten,rapsolja,vinäger,socker,salt,vitlök,aromer,ostpulver,förtjockningsmedel(e401,e415),basilika,färgämne(e161b,e141),syra(e270),antioxidationsmedel(e300,kaliumdisulfit),konserveringsmedel(e202,e211),vitpeppar

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.

  • E141 Copper complexes of chlorophylls and chlorophyllins Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
  • E161b Lutein Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
  • E401 Sodium alginate A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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  • Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.
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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7310155520333, 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.