Is Lidl Ängens svensk Filmjölk Pepparkaka ultra-processed?

1000 g Fermented milk drinks Sold in Sweden

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
Thickener
E440 Pectins

13 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score E

Less processed fermented milk drinks

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

Filmjölk (mjölk, filkultur), socker (processing marker), stärkelse (processing marker), förtjockningsmedel (ultra-processing marker) (pektiner (ultra-processing marker)), surhetsreglerande medel (citronsyra), kanel, arom (ultra-processing marker), naturlig ingefärsarom, vitamin D

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E440 Pectins

As written on the pack

Filmjölk (pastöriserad mjölk, filkultur), socker, stärkelse, förtjockningsmedel (pektiner), surhetsreglerande medel (citronsyra), kanel, arom, naturlig ingefärsarom, vitamin D.

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.

E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.

2 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.

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

How the NOVA groups work

Among 195 fermented milk drinks

From least to most processed, this one ranks 146th. 76% of the fermented milk drinks 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 195 fermented milk drinks, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489065913, 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.
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.