Is Valio Kvarg ultra-processed?

Fermented dairy desserts with fruits Sold in Sweden

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
Modified starch
Fruit juice concentrate

15 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed fermented dairy desserts with fruits

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

Kvarg (processing marker) (skummjölk, syrnings kultur), grädde, socker (processing marker), hallon 3%, blåbär 2.6% (bär, juice från koncentrat (ultra-processing marker)), lingonjuice 0.4%, modifierad potatisstärkelse (ultra-processing marker), aromer (ultra-processing marker), enzymer (löpe, laktas)

As written on the pack

Kvarg (högpastöriserad skummjölk, syrnings kultur), högpastöriserad grädde, socker, hallon 3%, blåbär 2,6% (bär, juice från koncentrat), lingonjuice från koncentrat 0,4%, modifierad potatisstärkelse, aromer, enzymer (löpe och laktas).

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.

Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.

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.

Fruit juice concentrate 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.

Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 281 fermented dairy desserts with fruits

From least to most processed, this one ranks 125th. 89% of the fermented dairy desserts with fruits 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 281 fermented dairy desserts with fruits, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 6408432096105, last edited 14 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 C (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.