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Is Knorr Bacon & Onion Potato Snack Pot ultra-processed?

58 g Mashed potatoes Sold in Sweden

Pack of Knorr Bacon & Onion Potato Snack Pot

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:

  • 25 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed mashed potatoes

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

Potatis 57%, palmfett, bacon 6.1% (bacon (gris), salt), lök 4.8%, glukossirap, havssalt 2.1%, mjölkprotein, kaliumklorid, jästextrakt, solrosolja, baconfett (bacon (gris), salt), salt, gräslök, persilja, emulgeringsmedel (mono- och diglycerider av vegetabiliska fettsyror), arom, gurkmeja, rökarom

Additives: E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , mono- and diglycerides of vegetable fatty acids

As written on the pack

Potatis 57%, palmfett, bacon 6,1 % (bacon (gris), salt), lök 4,8 %, glukossirap, havssalt 2,1 %, MJÖLKPROTEIN, kaliumklorid, jästextrakt, solrosolja, baconfett (bacon (gris), salt), salt, gräslök, persilja, emulgeringsmedel (mono - och diglycerider av vegetabiliska fettsyror), arom, gurkmeja, rökarom.

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.

  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
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.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 41 mashed potatoes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 39th. 63% of the mashed potatoes 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 41 mashed potatoes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8714100697641, 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.