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Is Marlow Foods Quorn Schnitzel med Emmentalerost ultra-processed?

220 g Meat analogues Sold in Sweden

Pack of Marlow Foods Quorn Schnitzel med Emmentalerost

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:

  • 29 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed meat analogues

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

Mycoprotein 38%, ostsås 20%, Emmentalerost (ost, potatisstärkelse), mellanfet mjukost, vatten, vetemjöl (innehåller tillsatt kalcium, järn, niacin, tiamin), vatten, vegetabiliska olja (solrosolja, rapsolja), rehydrerad äggvita från frigående höns, vetestärkelse, mjölkprotein, naturliga aromämnen, semolinagryn (vete), salt, förtjockningsmedel (kalciumklorid, kalciumcetat), jäst, gelébildande medel (pektin)

Additives: E440a Pectin , E509 Calcium chloride

As written on the pack

Mycoprotein 38 %, ostsås 20 % (Emmentalerost (mjölk), (ost (mjölk), potatisstärkelse), mellanfet mjukost (mjölk), vatten), vetemjöl (innehåller tillsatt kalcium, järn, niacin, tiamin), vatten, vegetabiliska olja (solrosolja, rapsolja), rehydrerad äggvita från frigående höns, vetestärkelse, mjölkprotein, naturliga aromämnen, semolinagryn (vete), salt, förtjockningsmedel (kalciumklorid, kalciumcetat), jäst, gelébildande medel (pektin).

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.

  • 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.

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.

  • Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 512 meat analogues

From least to most processed, this one ranks 253rd. 80% of the meat analogues 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 512 meat analogues, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5019503006452, 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.