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Is Kuljanka Vegan Stew with beetroot & white cabbage ultra-processed?

800 g Vegetarian meals Sold in Sweden and Germany

Pack of Kuljanka Vegan Stew with beetroot & white cabbage

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:

  • 23 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed vegetarian meals

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

Vatten, surkål 12% (vitkål, vitt vin, salt), potatis 10%, vitkål 10%, tomatpuré, rödbetor 7.5%, morot 4.5%, lök 4%, rödbetsjuice, rapsolja, salt, modifierad stärkelse, guarkärnmjöl, örtkryddor, majs, och rapsprotein, citronjuicekoncentrat, kryddor, socker, morotsjuice

Additives: E14XX Modified Starch , E412 Guar gum

As written on the pack

Vatten, 12 % surkål (vitkål, vitt vin, salt), 10 % potatis, 10 % vitkål, tomatpuré, 7,5 % rödbetor, 4,5 % morot, 4 % lök, rödbetsjuicekoncentrat, rapsolja, salt, modifierad stärkelse, förtjockningsmedel (guarkärnmjöl), örtkryddor, hydrolyserat majs - och rapsprotein, citronjuicekoncentrat, kryddor, socker, morotsjuicekoncentrat. Kan innehålla spår av vete, ägg, mjölk och selleri.

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.

  • E14xx Modified Starch Modified starches (E1400 to E1452) are starches treated physically, with enzymes or chemically so that they thicken and hold up to heating, freezing or acidity better than ordinary starch.
  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
  • 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.

  • Corn An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
4 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 11 vegetarian meals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 11th. 73% of the vegetarian meals 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 11 vegetarian meals, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 20831837, last edited 14 September 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.