Is Lidl Ocean Sea Fiskgratäng av torskfilé med dillsås ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 41 ingredients
- 6 additives
- Nutri-Score C
Less processed fish gratin
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Potatismos 47%, vatten, potatis (potatis, mjölkpulver (processing marker), salt (processing marker), gräddpulver, emulgeringsmedel (ultra-processing marker) (mono- och diglycerider av fettsyror (ultra-processing marker), natrium, kalium, kalciumdisfosfater), antioxidationsmedel (askorbinsyra, askorbylpalmitat, natriumdisulfit), smörarom (ultra-processing marker), svartpepparextrakt), skummjölkspulver (processing marker), smör (processing marker), salt (processing marker), pepparextrakt, torskfilè 27%, sås (processing marker) 26%, vatten, gräddpulver, modifierad majsstärkelse (ultra-processing marker), smör (processing marker), dill 0.4%, salt (processing marker), citronpeppar (salt (processing marker), kryddor, syra (citronsyra), stärkelse (processing marker), socker (processing marker), lök, citronextrakt), pepparextrakt, dillarom (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E223 Sodium metabisulphite , E300 Ascorbic acid , E304 Fatty acid esters of ascorbic acid , E304i Ascorbyl palmitate , E330 Citric acid , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids
As written on the pack
Potatismos 47% (vatten, potatispulver (potatis, mjölkpulver, salt, gräddpulver, emulgeringsmedel (mono - och diglycerider av fettsyror, natrium-, kalium och kalciumdisfosfater), antioxidationsmedel (askorbinsyra, askorbylpalmitat, natriumdisulfit), smörarom, svartpepparextrakt), skummjölkspulver, smör, salt, pepparextrakt), torskfilè 27%, sås 26% (vatten, gräddpulver, modifierad majsstärkelse, smör, dill 0,4%, salt, citronpeppar (salt, kryddor, syra (citronsyra), stärkelse, socker, lök, citronextrakt), pepparextrakt, dillarom)
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.
- E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
- 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.
7 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.
- Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
- 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.
- Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.
- Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.
Among 16 fish gratin
From least to most processed, this one ranks 11th. 81% of the fish gratin here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 20377021, 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 C (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.