Is Nothing Fishy Nuggets ultra-processed?

250 g Vegetarian nuggets 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:

Firming agent
Flavouring
Maltodextrin
Thickener
Vegetable fiber
Modified starch
and 4 more

35 ingredients
9 additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed vegetarian nuggets

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 (vetemjöl, majsmjöl, majsstärkelse (processing marker), potatisstärkelse (processing marker), salt (processing marker), jäst, paprika, stabiliseringsmedel, dinatriumdifosfat (ultra-processing marker)), natriumvätekarbonat, förtjockningsmedel (ultra-processing marker), xantangummi (ultra-processing marker), rapsolja, vetemjöl, vetestärkelse (processing marker), veteprotein, förtjockningsmedel (ultra-processing marker), natriumalginat (ultra-processing marker), konsistensmedel (ultra-processing marker), kalciumsulfat, citrusfiber (ultra-processing marker), salt (processing marker), modifierad vetestärkelse (ultra-processing marker), naturliga smakämnen (ultra-processing marker), jästextrakt, förtjockningsmedel (ultra-processing marker), metylcellulosa (ultra-processing marker), algolja (schizochytrium sp, antioxidant, tokoferolrika extrakt, ascorbylpalmitat), maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker)

Additives: E306 Tocopherol-rich extract , E401 Sodium alginate , E415 Xanthan gum , E450 Diphosphates , E450i Disodium diphosphate , E461 Methyl cellulose , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate , E516 Calcium sulphate

As written on the pack

Vatten, panering (vetemjöl, majsmjöl, majsstärkelse, potatisstärkelse, salt, jäst, paprika, stabiliseringsmedel/dinatriumdifosfat), natriumvätekarbonat, förtjockningsmedel/xantangummi, rapsolja, vetemjöl, vetestärkelse, veteprotein, förtjockningsmedel/natriumalginat, konsistensmedel/kalciumsulfat, citrusfiber, salt, modifierad vetestärkelse, naturliga smakämnen, jästextrakt, förtjockningsmedel/metylcellulosa, algolja (schizochytrium sp., antioxidant/tokoferolrika extrakt, ascorbylpalmitat), maltodextrin.

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.

E401 Sodium alginate A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
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.
Firming agent Firming agents keep fruit and vegetable tissue crisp or firm through processing and storage.
Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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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.

Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
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.

2 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 26 vegetarian nuggets

From least to most processed, this one ranks 26th. 77% of the vegetarian nuggets 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 26 vegetarian nuggets, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7350139110006, 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.