Is Knorr Spaghetti Bolognese ultra-processed?

38g Sold in Sweden

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Starch
Sugar

17 ingredients
No additives

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Tomatpuré 44%, stärkelse (processing marker), joderat salt (processing marker), vetemjöl, lök, socker (processing marker), jästextrakt, morötter, majsolja, paprika, vitlök, örter (rosmarin 0.3%, mejram, oregano, timjan), salt (processing marker)

As written on the pack

Tomatpuré 44 %, stärkelse, joderat salt, VETEMJÖL, lök, socker, jästextrakt, morötter, majsolja, paprika, vitlök, örter (rosmarin 0,3 %, mejram, oregano, timjan), salt. Kan innehålla RÅG, KORN, HAVRE, ÄGG, SOJA, MJÖLK, SELLERI och SENAP.

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.
Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8721201984624, last edited 18 May 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
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