Is Monte Castello Serranolindad Manchego ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 15 ingredients
- 4 additives
- Nutri-Score E
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Serrano (skinka från gris, salt (processing marker), antioxidationsmedel (e301), konserveringsmedel (processing marker) (e252 (processing marker), e250 (processing marker))), Manchegoost (fårmjölk, salt (processing marker), konsistensmedel (ultra-processing marker) (e509), ägglysozym, löpe)
Additives: E250 Sodium nitrite , E252 Potassium nitrate , E301 Sodium ascorbate , E509 Calcium chloride
As written on the pack
Serrano (skinka från gris, salt, antioxidationsmedel (E301), konserveringsmedel (E252, E250)), Manchegoost (fårmjölk, salt, konsistensmedel (E509), ägglysozym,löpe)
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.
- Firming agent Firming agents keep fruit and vegetable tissue crisp or firm through processing and storage.
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.
- E250 Sodium nitrite 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.
- E252 Potassium nitrate 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.
- Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7611612132237, 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 E (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.