Is OLW Cheez snow ballz ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 20 ingredients
- 2 additives
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Majsmjöl, solrosolja (processing marker), krydda (vasslepulver (ultra-processing marker) (från mjölk), ost (processing marker) 19% (varav 40 % cheddar), maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), salt (processing marker), mjölkpulver (processing marker), mjölkprotein (ultra-processing marker), mjölksocker (ultra-processing marker), druvsocker, lök, surhetsreglerande medel (mjölksyra, citronsyra), vitlök, jästextrakt, arom (ultra-processing marker))
Additives: E270 Lactic acid , E330 Citric acid
As written on the pack
Majsmjöl, solrosolja, krydda (vasslepulver (från mjölk), ostpulver 19 % (varav 40 % cheddar), maltodextrin, salt, mjölkpulver, mjölkprotein, mjölksocker, druvsocker, lök, surhetsreglerande medel (mjölksyra, citronsyra), vitlök, jästextrakt, arom),
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.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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.
- Lactose Lactose is milk sugar, crystallised industrially from whey, a by-product of cheese making.
- Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
- Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
- Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
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.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
- Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.
- Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7340005405251, last edited 11 February 2022), 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.
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.