Is Sevan Stark Peperoni ultra-processed?

600 g Canned plant-based foods Sold in Sweden

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Preservative
Salt

10 ingredients
4 additives
Nutri-Score D

Less processed canned plant-based foods

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

Stark peperoni, vatten, salt (processing marker), surhetsreglerande medel (ättiksyra, citronsyra), stabiliseringsmedel (kalciumklorid), konserveringsmedel (processing marker) (natriumdisulfit)

Additives: E223 Sodium metabisulphite , E260 Acetic acid , E330 Citric acid , E509 Calcium chloride

As written on the pack

Stark peperoni, vatten, salt, surhetsreglerande medel: ättiksyra och citronsyra, stabiliseringsmedel: kalciumklorid, konserveringsmedel: NATRIUMDISULFIT.

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.

Preservation and traditional processing

Keep food safe or ferment it, like preservatives and cultures. A sign of processing, not ultra-processing.

Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 818 canned plant-based foods

From least to most processed, this one ranks 563rd. 31% of the canned plant-based foods 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 818 canned plant-based foods, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7331217010555, 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 D (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.