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Is Santa Maria Beer Can Chicken Rub ultra-processed?

30 g Sold in Sweden

Pack of Santa Maria Beer Can Chicken Rub

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
  • 2 additives

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Salt, paprika, vitlök, chilipeppar, svartpeppar, örter (rosmarin, oregano), koriander, citronskal, citronjuicepulver, syra (citronsyra), fänkål, klumpförebyggande medel (e551)

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E551 Silicon dioxide

As written on the pack

Salt, paprika, vitlök, chilipeppar, svartpeppar, örter (rosmarin, oregano), koriander, citronskal, citronjuicepulver, syra (citronsyra), fänkål, klumpförebyggande medel (E551).

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.

  • E551 Silicon dioxide 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.
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.

  • Anti-caking agent Anti-caking agents are substances which reduce the tendency of individual particles of a foodstuff to adhere to one another.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

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About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7311310033316, 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.