Is Milbona Soft Cheese Spread with Herbs ultra-processed?

125 g Cream cheeses 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:

E428 Gelatine

17 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score D

Less processed cream cheeses

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

Färskost (processing marker) 91% (mjölk, syrakulturer, ystenzym), gräslök 1.5%, persilja 1.5%, salt (processing marker), vitlök, stärkelse (processing marker), gelatin (ultra-processing marker) (av gris), stabiliseringsmedel (fruktkärnmjöl), kryddor, kryddextrakt, konserveringsmedel (processing marker) (sorbinsyra)

Additives: E200 Sorbic acid , E428 Gelatine

As written on the pack

Färskost 91% (pastöriserad mjölk, syrakulturer, ystenzym), gräslök 1,5%, persilja 1,5%, salt, vitlök, stärkelse, gelatin (av gris), stabiliseringsmedel (fruktkärnmjöl), kryddor, kryddextrakt, konserveringsmedel (sorbinsyra).

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.

E428 Gelatine Gelatine is a gelling agent made from collagen in animal skin and bones.

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.

Cheeses Products in the category "Cheeses" are at least group 3.
Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 122 cream cheeses

From least to most processed, this one ranks 64th. 64% of the cream cheeses 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 122 cream cheeses, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 20462376, last edited 26 March 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.