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Is Peka Potatisgratäng ultra-processed?

800 g Potato gratin Sold in Sweden and Finland

Pack of Peka Potatisgratäng

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:

  • 16 ingredients
  • No additives

Less processed potato gratin

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

potatis 60%, sås 40% (skummjölk, vatten, rapsolja, grädde, majsstärkelse, äggula från frigående höns inomhus, salt, socker, ostpulver, naturliga aromer, kryddor, vasslepulver, vitlökspulver, lökpulver)

As written on the pack

60% potatis, 40% sås (skummjölk, vatten, rapsolja, grädde (mjölk), majsstärkelse, äggula från frigående höns inomhus, salt, socker, ostpulver (mjölk), naturliga aromer, kryddor, vasslepulver (mjölk), vitlökspulver, lökpulver).

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.

  • 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.
6 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.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • 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.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 13 potato gratin

From least to most processed, this one ranks 10th. 31% of the potato gratin 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 13 potato gratin, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8711118013593, last edited 19 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.