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Is Semper Spisknäcke med surdeg ultra-processed?

130 g Breads Sold in Sweden

Pack of Semper Spisknäcke med surdeg

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:

  • 41 ingredients
  • 7 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed breads

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

Majsstärkelse, glutenfria havregryn 25%, potatismjöl, potatis, stärkelse, socker, teffmjöl, havrefiber, surdegspulver 2.5% (rismjöl, surdegskultur), jäst, fibrer (potatis, kakao), salt, rismjöl, förtjockningsmedel (guarkärnmjöl, hydroxipropylmetylcellulosa, natriumalginat, pektin), bakpulver (glukonsyrans deltalakton, natriumbikarbonat), rapsolja, mineralämne (järn), vitaminer (tiamin, riboflavin, niacin, B6, folsyra), Salthalt 1.8% (Kraftigt saltad, Förvaring), Torrt, ej över normal rumstemperatur, Tillverkas i Sverige, Sorteras som pappersförpackning

Additives: E401 Sodium alginate , E412 Guar gum , E440a Pectin , E464 Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate , E575 Glucono-delta-lactone

As written on the pack

Majsstärkelse, glutenfria havregryn (25%), potatismjöl, modifierad potatis - stärkelse, socker, teffmjöl, glutenfri havrefiber, surdegspulver 2,5% (rismjöl, surdegskultur), jäst, veg. fibrer (potatis, kakao), salt, rismjöl, förtjockningsmedel (guarkärnmjöl, hydroxipropylmetylcellulosa, natriumalginat, pektin), bakpulver (glukonsyrans deltalakton, natriumbikarbonat), rapsolja, mineralämne (järn), vitaminer (tiamin, riboflavin, niacin, B6, folsyra). Salthalt: 1,8%. Kraftigt saltad. Förvaring: Torrt, ej över normal rumstemperatur. Tillverkas i Sverige. Sorteras som pappersförpackning.

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.
  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
  • E464 Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.

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.
  • Potato An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
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.

  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,388 breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 2198th. 71% of the breads 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 2,388 breads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7310100602442, 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.