Is Oravais Grillbacon ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 10 ingredients
- 4 additives
- Nutri-Score D
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Grissida, salt (processing marker), stabiliseringsmedel (e450 (ultra-processing marker), e451 (ultra-processing marker)), glukos (ultra-processing marker), antioxidationsmedel (e301), konserveringsmedel (processing marker) (e250 (processing marker))
Additives: E250 Sodium nitrite , E301 Sodium ascorbate , E450 Diphosphates , E451 Triphosphates
As written on the pack
Grissida, salt, stabiliseringsmedel (E450, E451), glukos, antioxidationsmedel (E301), konserveringsmedel (E250).
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.
- E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
- E451 Triphosphates 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.
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.
- Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
3 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.
- Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Among 109 bacon
From least to most processed, this one ranks 103rd. 36% of the bacon here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 6405320001029, last edited 29 June 2021), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
- 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.