Is Kokkikartano Köttbullar och mos ultra-processed?

350g Ground meat preparations Sold in Finland

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Sugar
Sauce

43 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed ground meat preparations

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

Potatismos (Potatis 68%), finsk grädde, vatten, joderat salt (processing marker), Köttbullar (Snellmans nöt), och griskött 87%, lök, skorpmjöl (vete), ägg, finsk grädde, finskt smör, salt (processing marker), kryddor (svart, krydd, och vitpeppar), Gräddsås (processing marker) (Köttbuljong, vatten), ben av nöt, nötkött, lök, kryddor (svartpeppar, kryddpeppar, lagerblad), salt (processing marker), finsk grädde, vetemjöl, finskt smör, tomatpuré, socker (processing marker), sirap, joderat salt (processing marker), karamelliserad sockersirap (processing marker), kryddpeppar, svartpeppar, Lingonröra (Lingon), socker (processing marker)

As written on the pack

Potatismos 170 g: Potatis 68 % (Finland), finsk grädde, vatten, joderat salt. Köttbullar 100 g: Snellmans nöt - och griskött 87 % (Finland), lök, skorpmjöl (vete), ägg, finsk grädde, finskt smör, salt, kryddor (svart-, krydd - och vitpeppar). Gräddsås 50 g: Köttbuljong (vatten, ben av nöt, nötkött, lök, kryddor (svartpeppar, kryddpeppar, lagerblad), salt), finsk grädde, vetemjöl, finskt smör, tomatpuré, socker, sirap, joderat salt, karamelliserad sockersirap, kryddpeppar, svartpeppar. Lingonröra 30 g: Lingon, socker.

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

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.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 16 ground meat preparations

From least to most processed, this one ranks 12th. 25% of the ground meat preparations 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 16 ground meat preparations, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 6419744004979, last edited 26 August 2025), 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.