Is Pirkka Panerade lökringar ultra-processed?

450 g Sold in Finland

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Dextrose
Gelling agent
Glucose
E401 Sodium alginate

11 ingredients
1 additive

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Lök 53%, vetemjöl, solrosolja (processing marker), vetestärkelse (processing marker), vatten, geleringsmedel (ultra-processing marker) (e401 (ultra-processing marker)), salt (processing marker), jäst, dextros (ultra-processing marker), socker (processing marker)

Additives: E401 Sodium alginate

As written on the pack

Lök 53%, vetemjöl, solrosolja, vetestärkelse, vatten, geleringsmedel (E401), salt, jäst, dextros, socker

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.

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.
Gelling agent Gelling agents such as pectin, gelatine or carrageenan set liquids into gels and stabilise textures.

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.

4 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.

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.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 6410405191274, last edited 11 February 2022), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
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General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.