Is Njie Kvarg Bearnaise ultra-processed?

175 g Cream cheeses Sold in Sweden

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Colour
Flavouring
Milk proteins
Sweetener
Thickener
Modified starch
and 5 more

23 ingredients
6 additives
Nutri-Score C

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

Kvarg (processing marker), kryddmix för bearnaise (vatten, schalottenlök, dragon 0.6%, modifierad majsstärkelse (ultra-processing marker), salt (processing marker), vitvinsvinäger, färgämne (ultra-processing marker) (betakaroten (ultra-processing marker)), svartpeppar, naturlig arom (ultra-processing marker), sötningsmedel (ultra-processing marker) (acesulfam K (ultra-processing marker), aspartam (ultra-processing marker)), arom (ultra-processing marker)), solrosolja (processing marker), mjölkprotein (ultra-processing marker), ättika, salt (processing marker), förtjockningsmedel (ultra-processing marker) (xantangummi (ultra-processing marker), cellulosagummi (ultra-processing marker))

Additives: E160a Carotene , E160ai Beta-carotene , E415 Xanthan gum , E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose , E950 Acesulfame k , E951 Aspartame

As written on the pack

Kvarg (mjölk), kryddmix för bearnaise (vatten, schalottenlök, dragon 0,6%, modifierad majsstärkelse, salt, vitvinsvinäger, färgämne (betakaroten), svartpeppar, naturlig arom (innehåller mjölk), sötningsmedel (acesulfam K, aspartam), arom), solrosolja, mjölkprotein, ättika, salt, förtjockningsmedel (xantangummi, cellulosagummi).

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.

E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose Carboxymethyl cellulose is a thickener made by chemically modifying cellulose from wood or cotton.
E950 Acesulfame k Acesulfame K is a synthetic sweetener about 200 times sweeter than sugar, often combined with aspartame or sucralose.
E951 Aspartame Aspartame is a synthetic sweetener about 200 times sweeter than sugar, used in diet drinks and sugar-free products.
Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.

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Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
Sweetener Sweeteners give sweetness with few or no calories, many at hundreds of times the strength of sugar.
Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.
Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.

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.

Cheeses Products in the category "Cheeses" are at least group 3.
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.
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 122nd. 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 7350068293115, 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.