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Is Lidl Ocean Sea Fiskgratäng XXL ultra-processed?

600 g Fish gratin Sold in Sweden

Pack of Lidl Ocean Sea Fiskgratäng XXL

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:

  • 38 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed fish gratin

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

Potatismos 51%, vatten, potatismos (potatis, kärnmjölkspulver, helmjölkspulver, salt, gräddpulver, emulgeringsmedel (mono- och diglycerider av fettsyror), antioxidationsmedel (natriumvätesulfit, askorbinsyra), svartpepparextrakt), skummjölkspulver, smör, salt, pepparextrakt, _torskfilé 27%, sås 22%, vatten, skummjölkspulver, modifierad majsstärkelse, gräddpulver, smör, dill 0.4%, salt, citronpeppar (salt, kryddor, syra (citronsyra), stärkelse, socker, lök, citronextrakt), pepparextrakt, dillarom

Additives: E222 Sodium bisulphite , E300 Ascorbic acid , E330 Citric acid , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

As written on the pack

Potatismos 51 % (vatten, potatismospulver (potatis, kärnmjölkspulver, helmjölkspulver, salt, gräddpulver, emulgeringsmedel (mono - och diglycerider av fettsyror), antioxidationsmedel (natriumvätesulfit, askorbinsyra), svartpepparextrakt), skummjölkspulver, smör, salt, pepparextrakt), torskfilé 27 %, sås 22 % (vatten, skummjölkspulver, modifierad majsstärkelse, gräddpulver, 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 16 fish gratin

From least to most processed, this one ranks 9th. 81% of the fish gratin 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 16 fish gratin, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489066200, 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.