Is Kuljanka Quark snacks ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 45 ingredients
- 4 additives
- Nutri-Score E
Less processed quarks
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
quark medium fat soft cheese 47%, chocolate flavour glaze 31% (sugar (processing marker), vegetable fats (processing marker) (palm kernel, palm, shea), fat reduced cocoa powder 12%, emulsifier (ultra-processing marker) (sunflower lecithins (ultra-processing marker)), polyglycerol polyricinoleate (ultra-processing marker), flavouring (ultra-processing marker)), dextrose (ultra-processing marker), milk flavoured glaze (sugar (processing marker), vegetable fats (processing marker) (palm kernel, palm, shea), whey powder (ultra-processing marker), skimmed milk powder (processing marker), emulsifier (ultra-processing marker) (sunflower lecithins (ultra-processing marker)), flavouring (ultra-processing marker)), margarine (vegetable oils in varying proportions (processing marker) (palm, sunflower), water, iodised salt (processing marker) (salt, potassium iodate), emulsifier (ultra-processing marker) (mono- and diglycerides of fatty adidy), acidity regulator (citric acid)), modified potato starch (ultra-processing marker), sugar (processing marker), rice flour, preservative (processing marker) (potassium sorbate (processing marker)), acidity regulator (citric acid), flavouring (ultra-processing marker), skimmed milk powder (processing marker)
Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E322 Lecithins , E330 Citric acid , E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate
As written on the pack
47% quark medium fat soft cheese ( milk ), 31% chocolate flavour glaze (sugar, vegetable fats [palm kernel, palm, shea], 12% fat reduced cocoa powder, emulsifier: sunflower lecithins, polyglycerol polyricinoleate, flavouring), dextrose, milk flavoured glaze (sugar, vegetable fats [palm kernel, palm, shea], whey powder ( milk ), skimmed milk powder, emulsifier: sunflower lecithins, flavouring), margarine (vegetable oils in varying proportions [palm, sunflower], water, iodised salt [salt, potassium iodate], emulsifier: mono - and diglycerides of fatty adidy, acidity regulator: citric acid), modified potato starch, sugar, rice flour, preservative: potassium sorbate, acidity regulator: citric acid, flavouring, skimmed milk powder,
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.
- E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
- E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate Polyglycerol polyricinoleate (PGPR) is an emulsifier made from castor oil.
- 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.
- Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.
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.
- Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
- Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
- 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.
9 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.
- E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
- Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
- 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 fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
- Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.
- Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.
Among 64 quarks
From least to most processed, this one ranks 60th. 73% of the quarks here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 20755829, last edited 27 March 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 E (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.