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Is Max Crispy Supreme ultra-processed?

360g Vegan patties Sold in Sweden

Pack of Max Crispy Supreme

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:

  • 41 ingredients
  • 6 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed vegan patties

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

Vatten, panering, rapsolja, rismjöl, kikärtsmjöl, stärkelse, majsmjöl, potatisstärkelse, salt, druvsocker, stabiliseringsmedel (dinatriumdifosfat, vegetabiliska oljor (raps, shea), stabiliseringsmedel (metylcellulosa), salt, natriumvätekarbonat), förtjockningsmedel (xantangummi), ärtprotein 13%, jalapeño, naturliga aromer, lök, druvsocker, potatisfiber, vitlök, svartpeppar, majsstärkelse, arom, citronjuicepulver, timjan, grönsaksbuljong (salt, lök, purjolök, morotsextrakt, kryddor), Svenskodlade ärtor, Stekta i rapsolja

Additives: E415 Xanthan gum , E450 Diphosphates , E450i Disodium diphosphate , E461 Methyl cellulose , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

Vatten, glutenfri panering (rapsolja, rismjöl, kikärtsmjöl, stärkelse, majsmjöl, potatisstärkelse, salt, druvsocker, stabiliseringsmedel (dinatriumdifosfat, vegetabiliska oljor (raps, shea), stabiliseringsmedel (metylcellulosa), salt, natriumvätekarbonat), förtjockningsmedel (xantangummi)), ärtprotein* 13%, jalapeño, naturliga aromer, lök, druvsocker, potatisfiber, vitlök, svartpeppar, majsstärkelse, arom, citronjuicepulver, timjan, grönsaksbuljong (salt, lök, purjolök, morotsextrakt, kryddor). *Svenskodlade ärtor. Stekta i rapsolja.

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.
  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
  • E461 Methyl cellulose Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • 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.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
4 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 fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 23 vegan patties

From least to most processed, this one ranks 22nd. 83% of the vegan patties 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 23 vegan patties, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7310130013379, last edited 31 July 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.