Is Sardinmästaren Sardiner i tomatsås ultra-processed?

100 g Canned sardines Sold in Sweden

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Sugar

9 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score B

Less processed canned sardines

Boneless Butterflied Sardine Fillets Brunswick 3 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 1
Season skinless and boneless sardines in water Season 2 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 1
Sardines in Spring Water Trader Joe's 2 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 1
Sardine Fillets Brunswick 3 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 1

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

Små sardiner beredda av skarpsill (sprattus sprattus), minst 70%, vatten, tomatpasta, rapsolja, socker (processing marker), salt (processing marker), ättika

As written on the pack

Små sardiner beredda av skarpsill (sprattus sprattus) minst 70%, vatten, tomatpasta, rapsolja, socker, salt, ättika.

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 91 canned sardines

From least to most processed, this one ranks 74th. 16% of the canned sardines 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 91 canned sardines, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7350044340123, last edited 17 September 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 B (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.