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Is Vidinge Italiensk kycklingsallad ultra-processed?

400 g Pasta salad with chicken Sold in Sweden

Pack of Vidinge Italiensk kycklingsallad

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:

  • 61 ingredients
  • 6 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed pasta salad with chicken

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

Kokt pasta med örter 25% (vatten, durumvete, basilika, olivolja, solrosolja, salt, dragon, vitlök), kycklingbröstfilé 17% (kycklingbröstfilé, salt, e450, e451, druvsocker, e262, e327, e301, arom), körsbärstomater, romansallat, pestovinägrett 10% (vatten, solrosolja, olivolja, grön pesto (basilika, olivolja, vatten, solrosolja, persilja, salt, pinjenöt, vitlök, vinäger, peppar), vinäger, socker, basilika, ostpulver, vitlök, spenat, salt, naturlig arom, kryddor, modifierad majsstärkelse, e415), ruccola, rosésallat, regato-ost 5% (mjölk, salt, löpe, startkultur), tapenade svarta oliver (svarta oliver, olivolja, rapsolja, salt, vinäger, vitlök)

Additives: E262 Sodium acetates , E301 Sodium ascorbate , E327 Calcium lactate , E415 Xanthan gum , E450 Diphosphates , E451 Triphosphates

As written on the pack

Kokt pasta med örter 25 % (vatten, durumvete, basilika, olivolja, solrosolja, salt, dragon, vitlök), stekt kycklingbröstfilé 17 % (kycklingbröstfilé, salt, stabiliseringsmedel (E450, E451), druvsocker, surhetsreglerande medel (E262, E327), antioxidationsmedel (E301), arom), körsbärstomater, romansallat, pestovinägrett 10 % (vatten, solrosolja, olivolja, grön pesto (basilika, olivolja, vatten, solrosolja, persilja, salt, pinjenöt, vitlök, vinäger, peppar), vinäger, socker, basilika, ostpulver (mjölk), vitlök, spenat, salt, naturlig arom, kryddor, modifierad majsstärkelse, förtjockningsmedel (E415)), ruccola, rosésallat, regato-ost 5 % (mjölk, salt, löpe, startkultur), tapenade svarta oliver (svarta oliver, olivolja, rapsolja, salt, vinäger, vitlök).

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.

  • E327 Calcium lactate Thickeners are substances which increase the viscosity of a foodstuff.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
  • E451 Triphosphates 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.
  • 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.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
6 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.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • 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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 9 pasta salad with chicken

From least to most processed, this one ranks 8th. 78% of the pasta salad with chicken 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 9 pasta salad with chicken, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7340007500183, last edited 18 August 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.