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Is Knorr pasta snack pot ultra-processed?

62 g Macaroni and cheese Sold in Sweden and Norway

Pack of Knorr pasta 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:

  • 24 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed macaroni and cheese

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

Pasta 48% (durumvetemjöl), stärkelse, ostpulver 12%, OST, vassleprodukt, skummjölkspulver, vasslepulver, solrosolja, kaliumklorid, socker, palmfett, joderat salt, arom, lökpulver, kryddor (bland annat vitläk, peppar), mjölksocker, jästextrakt, mjölkprotein, salt, Från hålbart jordbruk, läs mer på www.knor.se

As written on the pack

Pasta 48 % (DURUMVETEMJÖL), stärkelse, OSTPULVER 12 % (OST, vassleprodukt (MJÖLK), SKUMMJÖLKSPULVER, vasslepulver (MJÖLK) solrosolja, kaliumklorid, socker, palmfett, joderat salt, arom (innehåller MJÖLK), lökpulver¹, kryddor (bl.a. vitläk¹ och peppar), MJÖLKSOCKER, jästextrakt, MJÖLKPROTEIN, salt. Kan innehålla spår av ägg, soja, selleri och senap. ¹Från hålbart jordbruk. läs mer på www.knor.se

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.

  • 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.

  • Lactose Lactose is milk sugar, crystallised industrially from whey, a by-product of cheese making.
  • Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
  • Whey product An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
7 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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.
  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 48 macaroni and cheese

From least to most processed, this one ranks 36th. 94% of the macaroni and cheese 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 48 macaroni and cheese, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8711200344734, last edited 13 August 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.