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Is Köttbullar ultra-processed?

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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:

  • 17 ingredients
  • No additives

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

INGREDIENSER Gris, nötkött 70%, potatis, vatten, potatisstärkelse, potatis, flingor, jodsalt, potatisfiber, druv, socker, lök, pepparextrakt, svart-peppar, Friterade i animaliskt fett, Fött, uppfött och slaktat i Sverige

As written on the pack

INGREDIENSER Gris* - , nötkött* 70%, potatis, vatten, potatisstärkelse, potatis - flingor, jodsalt, potatisfiber, druv - socker, lök, pepparextrakt, svart - peppar, Friterade i animaliskt fett, *Fött, uppfött och slaktat i Sverige,

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

  • Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
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.

  • 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.

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About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7318690164302, 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.
  • The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.