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Is pehmea kaurapatukka ultra-processed?

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Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 45 ingredients
  • 5 additives

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

mjuk havrebar tranbär, hallon, blåbär (6), Ingredienser (Fullkornshavre, havrekli), vatten, rapsolja, socker, fuktighetsbevarande medel (glycerol), tranbär 5% (tranbär, socker, solrosolja), fiberblandning (kikärter, majs, vatten), modifierad stärkelse, invertsocker, potatisstärkelse, hallon 2.5%, blåbärspreparat 1.5% (socker, glukos sirap, blåbär, förtjockningsmedel (e401)), vanillinsocker, stärkelsesirap, emulgeringsmedel (solroslecitin), salt, bakpulver (e500), konserveringsmedel (e296), arom, Kan innehålla små mängder av andra spannmål, mjölk, Havre 100% av spannmålet, Förvaring (Torrt och svalt)

Additives: E14XX Modified Starch , E296 Malic acid , E401 Sodium alginate , E422 Glycerol , E500 Sodium carbonates

As written on the pack

MJUK HAVREBAR TRANBÄR, HALLON , BLÅBÄR 180 G (6* 30 G) Ingredienser: Fullkornshavre och havrekli (39%), vatten, rapsolja, socker, fuktighetsbevarande medel (glycerol), tranbär 5% (tranbär, socker, solrosolja), fiberblandning (kikärter, majs, vatten), modifierad stärkelse, invertsocker, potatisstärkelse, hallon (2,5%), blåbärspreparat 1,5% [socker, glukos sirap, blåbär, förtjockningsmedel (E401)], vanillinsocker, stärkelsesirap, emulgeringsmedel (solroslecitin), salt, bakpulver (E500), konserveringsmedel (E296), arom, Kan innehålla små mängder av andra spannmål, mjölk, Havre 100% av spannmålet, Laktosfri, Förvaring: Torrt och svalt,

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.

  • E14xx Modified Starch Modified starches (E1400 to E1452) are starches treated physically, with enzymes or chemically so that they thicken and hold up to heating, freezing or acidity better than ordinary starch.
  • 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.
  • E422 Glycerol Glycerol is a sweet-tasting liquid used to keep products moist and soft.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Humectant Humectants are substances which prevent foods from drying out by counteracting the effect of an atmosphere having a low degree of humidity, or promote the dissolution of a powder in an aqueous medium.
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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.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
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.

  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

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About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 6411200113577, 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.
  • 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.