Is Saffransgräddglass Med Äkta Saffran ultra-processed?

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Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Glucose
Glucose syrup
E401 Sodium alginate
E407 Carrageenan
E412 Guar gum

11 ingredients
3 additives

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Grädde, socker (processing marker), skummjölk, smör (processing marker), glukossirap (ultra-processing marker), mono- och diglycerider av fettsyror, fruktkärnmjöl, natriumalginat (ultra-processing marker), guarkärnmjöl (ultra-processing marker), karragenan (ultra-processing marker), saffran

Additives: E401 Sodium alginate , E407 Carrageenan , E412 Guar gum

As written on the pack

Grädde, socker, skummjölk, smör, glukossirap, mono - och diglycerider av veg fettsyror, fruktkärnmjöl, natriumalginat, guarkärnmjöl, karragenan, saffran

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.
E407 Carrageenan Carrageenan is a thickener and gelling agent extracted from red seaweed, used widely in dairy desserts, plant-based drinks and processed meats.
E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.

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.

2 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.

Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7392504018876, 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.
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.