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Is Slaktarkorv Ost och baconkorv ultra-processed?

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Pack of Slaktarkorv Ost och baconkorv

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:

  • 19 ingredients
  • 2 additives

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

ngredienser (Griskött (bacon 9%)), antioxidationsmedel (askorbinsyra), kryddor, druvsocker av majs, vatten, OST 9% (Präst®), potatismjöl, salt, vatten, ryddor, druvsocker av majs, konserveringsmedel (natriumnitrit), aturligt fjälster, Ursprung Sverige

Additives: E250 Sodium nitrite , E300 Ascorbic acid

As written on the pack

NGREDIENSER: Griskött* 75% (9% bacon), antioxidationsmedel: askorbinsyra, kryddor (bl,a muskot), druvsocker av majs, vatten, OST* 9% (Präst®), potatismjöl, salt, vatten, ryddor (bl,a muskot), druvsocker av majs, konserveringsmedel: natriumnitrit, aturligt fjälster, *Ursprung Sverige

What makes it ultra-processed

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.
4 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.

  • E250 Sodium nitrite 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.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

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About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7350068854026, 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.