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Is siļķu fileja Viči tradicionālā ultra-processed?

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Pack of siļķu fileja Viči tradicionālā

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:

  • 18 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed seafood

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

herring fillet skinless 79% (herring fillet (clupea harengus), salt, dextrose, acidity regulator (gluconodelta-lactone), taste enhancer (monosodium glutamate), preservatives (sodium benzoate), potassium sorbate), rapeseed oil 21%, fishing area, norwegian sea, north sea, fishing gear, purse seiner

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E211 Sodium benzoate , E621 Monosodium glutamate

As written on the pack

Atlantic herring fillet skinless 79% (herring fillet (clupea harengus), salt, dextrose, acidity regulator: gluconodelta-lactone; taste enhancer: monosodium glutamate; preservatives: sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate), rapeseed oil 21%. fishing area: fao 27 (northeast atlantic - norwegian sea, north sea). fishing gear - purse seiner.

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.

  • E621 Monosodium glutamate Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is the sodium salt of glutamic acid, made by fermentation and used to strengthen savoury taste.

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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
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.

  • E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 869 seafood

From least to most processed, this one ranks 735th. 39% of the seafood 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 869 seafood, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4770190035781, last edited 16 August 2025), 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.