Is Mamma Scans Köttbullar ultra-processed?

1000g Swedish-style pork and beef meat balls Sold in Sweden and Germany

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Glucose
Fiber

14 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed swedish-style pork and beef meat balls

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

gris, och nötkött (fläskkött, nötkött), vatten, potatismjöl, lök, salt (processing marker), potatisfiber (ultra-processing marker), druvsocker (ultra-processing marker), socker (processing marker), kryddor, kryddextrakt, Stekta i animaliskt fett

As written on the pack

Svenskt gris - och nötkött (fläskkött) (nötkött) (73%), vatten, potatismjöl, lök, salt, potatisfiber, druvsocker, socker, kryddor, kryddextrakt, Stekta i animaliskt fett,

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
Fiber An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.

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.

Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 19 swedish-style pork and beef meat balls

From least to most processed, this one ranks 7th. 89% of the swedish-style pork and beef meat balls 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 19 swedish-style pork and beef meat balls, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7300200080004, 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.