Is Lidl Vitakrone Potatissallad ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 20 ingredients
- 5 additives
- Nutri-Score C
Less processed potato salads
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Potatis 70%, rapsolja, vatten, lök, salt (processing marker), äggula, socker (processing marker), ättiksprit, svartpeppar, vinäger, senapsfrö, chili, konserveringsmedel (processing marker) (kaliumsorbat (processing marker), natriumbensoat), förtjockningsmedel (ultra-processing marker) (xantangummi (ultra-processing marker)), antioxidationsmedel (askorbinsyra, citronsyra)
Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E211 Sodium benzoate , E300 Ascorbic acid , E330 Citric acid , E415 Xanthan gum
As written on the pack
Potatis 70 %, rapsolja, vatten, lök, salt, äggula, socker, ättiksprit, svartpeppar, vinäger, senapsfrö, chili, konserveringsmedel (kaliumsorbat, natriumbensoat), förtjockningsmedel (xantangummi), antioxidationsmedel (askorbinsyra, citronsyra).
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.
- E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
- Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.
5 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.
- Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
- Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
Among 28 potato salads
From least to most processed, this one ranks 13th. 89% of the potato salads here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489067146, 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.