Is Pärsons Griljerade Julskivor (Vegoskivor) ultra-processed?

100g 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
Dextrose
Flavouring
Glucose
Thickener
E160a Carotene
and 3 more

18 ingredients
6 additives

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Vatten, rapsolja 16%, äggvita 8%, förtjockningsmedel (ultra-processing marker) (e407 (ultra-processing marker), e410 (ultra-processing marker), e415 (ultra-processing marker)), salt (processing marker), naturlig arom (ultra-processing marker), kryddor, dextros (ultra-processing marker), konserveringsmedel (processing marker) (e262, e270), kryddextrakt, sötpotatis, färgämne (ultra-processing marker) (e160a (ultra-processing marker))

Additives: E160a Carotene , E262 Sodium acetates , E270 Lactic acid , E407 Carrageenan , E410 Locust bean gum , E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

Vatten, rapsolja 16%. ÄGGVITA 8%, förtjockningsmedel (E407, E410, E415), salt, naturlig arom, kryddor, dextros. konserveringsmedel (E262, E270), kryddextrakt, sötpotatiskoncentrat, färgämne (E160a).

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.
E407 Carrageenan Carrageenan is a thickener and gelling agent extracted from red seaweed, used widely in dairy desserts, plant-based drinks and processed meats.
E410 Locust bean gum Locust bean gum (carob gum) is a thickener and stabiliser from the seeds of the carob tree.
E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
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.

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.

Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.

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.

Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

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About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7330797077644, 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.
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