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Is Picadeli Cheeky Cheesy Chicken ultra-processed?

275 g Sold in Sweden

Pack of Picadeli Cheeky Cheesy Chicken

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:

  • 81 ingredients
  • 8 additives

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Tunnbröd 31% (vete mjöl, vatten, socker, jäst, salt, kornmalt), Spetskålsmix 25% (spetskål, röd spetskål, babyspenat, salladslök), Wrapröra 22%, rapsolja, vatten, gröna oliver, vitost (mjölk, salt, syrningskultur), fetaost (fårmjölk, getmjölk, salt, löpe, syrningskultur stabiliseringsmedel (e509)), vitlök, majsstärkelse, äppelcidervinäger, torkad lök, salt, ärtprotein, socker, vitpeppar, ättiksprit, citronjuicekoncentrat, cayennepeppar, senapsfrö, citronolja, konserveringsmedel (e202, e211, e270), surhetsreglerande medel (e330), kyckling 11%, kycklingbröstfile, kycklinglårfile, salt, paprika, svartpeppar, lök, chili, rosmarin, vitlök, kryddpeppar, kummin, gurkmeja, potatisfibrer, koriander, fänkål, spiskummin, bockhornsklöver, cayennepeppar, paprikaextrakt, stabiliseringsmedel (e450), dextros (majs), glukossirap, antioxidant (e301), rökarom, tomat 7% (tomater, solrosolja, havssalt, vitlök, oregano), sockerärtor 4%

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E202 Potassium sorbate , E211 Sodium benzoate , E270 Lactic acid , E301 Sodium ascorbate , E330 Citric acid , E450 Diphosphates , E509 Calcium chloride

As written on the pack

Tunnbröd 31 % (vete mjöl, vatten, socker, jäst, salt, kornmalt), Spetskålsmix 25 % (spetskål, röd spetskål, babyspenat, salladslök), Wrapröra 22 % (rapsolja, vatten, gröna oliver, vitost (mjölk, salt, syrningskultur), fetaost (fårmjölk, getmjölk, salt, löpe, syrningskultur stabiliseringsmedel (E509)), vitlök, majsstärkelse, äppelcidervinäger, torkad lök, salt, ärtprotein, socker, vitpeppar, ättiksprit, citronjuicekoncentrat, cayennepeppar, senapsfrö, citronolja, konserveringsmedel (E202, E211, E270), surhetsreglerande medel (E330), kyckling tärnad stekt 11 % (kycklingbröstfile, kycklinglårfile, salt, paprika, svartpeppar, lök, chili, rosmarin, vitlök, kryddpeppar, kummin, gurkmeja, potatisfibrer, koriander, fänkål, spiskummin, bockhornsklöver, cayennepeppar, paprikaextrakt, stabiliseringsmedel (E450), dextros (majs), glukossirap, antioxidant (E301), rökarom, semitorkad tomat 7 % (tomater, solrosolja, havssalt, vitlök, oregano), sockerärtor 4 %.

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.

  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
  • 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.

  • 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.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
7 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.

  • E202 Potassium sorbate 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.
  • 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.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

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About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7340138809698, 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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  • The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
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