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Is Quorn vegan rökt smak skivor ultra-processed?

100 g, 8 skivor Ham substitutes Sold in Sweden

Pack of Quorn vegan rökt smak skivor

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:

  • 29 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed meat analogues

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

Mycoprotein 78%, vatten, naturliga Ainesosat (Mycoprotein), vesi, luontaiset aromer (innehåller rökarom), färg (järnoxid), geleringsmedel (agar, fruktkärnmjöl), potatisprotein, salt, ärtfiber, konserveringsmedel (perunaproteiini), suola, hernekuitu, säilöntäaine (kaliumsorbat, Allergeninformation), För allergener, läs ingredienser i fet stil, Enstaka allergiska reaktioner lihavoidulla tekstillä, Joissain harvinaisissa har skett efter intag av Quorn®-produkter som innehåller mycoprotein, ett svampprotein tillhörande mögelsvampfamiljen, Mycoprotein är mycoprotein eli mykoproteiini valmistetaan protein, och fiberrikt och kan skapa överkänslighetsreaktioner hos vissa personer

Additives: E172 Iron oxides and iron hydroxides , E202 Potassium sorbate

As written on the pack

Mycoprotein (78 %), vatten, naturliga Ainesosat: Mycoprotein (78 %), vesi, luontaiset aromer (innehåller rökarom), färg: järnoxid, geleringsmedel: agar och fruktkärnmjöl; potatisprotein, salt, ärtfiber, konserveringsmedel: perunaproteiini, suola, hernekuitu, säilöntäaine: kaliumsorbat. Allergeninformation: För allergener, läs ingredienser i fet stil. Enstaka allergiska reaktioner lihavoidulla tekstillä. Joissain harvinaisissa har skett efter intag av Quorn®-produkter som innehåller mycoprotein, ett svampprotein tillhörande mögelsvampfamiljen. Mycoprotein är mycoprotein eli mykoproteiini valmistetaan protein - och fiberrikt och kan skapa överkänslighetsreaktioner hos vissa personer.

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.

  • E172 Iron oxides and iron hydroxides Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
  • 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.
  • 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.

  • Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
3 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 8 ham substitutes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 6th. 100% of the ham substitutes 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 8 ham substitutes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5019503035681, 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.
  • 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.
  • NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.