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Is KlAdes Holmen Brantevikssill ultra-processed?

420 g Pickled herring Sold in Sweden and Denmark

Pack of KlAdes Holmen Brantevikssill

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:

  • 15 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed fishes

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

sill (salt, ättika), socker, vatten, lök, ättika, salt, dill, citronpeppar, konserveringsmedel (e211), lagerblad, vitpeppar, kryddpeppar

Additives: E211 Sodium benzoate

As written on the pack

Marinerad sill ((Clupea harengus), salt, ättika), socker, vatten, lök, ättika, salt, dill, citronpeppar, konserveringsmedel E211, lagerblad, vitpeppar, kryddpeppar.

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 8 pickled herring

From least to most processed, this one ranks 4th. 38% of the pickled herring 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 8 pickled herring, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7311360344004, 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.