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Dry pastas, from least to most processed

We track 127 dry pastas, 9% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Spaghetti Nº5.

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What makes dry pastas ultra-processed

The signs of ultra-processing found most often, and the share of dry pastas that contain each:

Unprocessed or minimally processed (113)

  1. 1 Spaghetti Nº5 Barilla · 500 g 1
  2. 2 Penne Rigate Combino · 500g 1
  3. 3 Fusilli Integrali Combino · 500g 1
  4. 4 Wholewheat Fusilli Tesco 1
  5. 5 Fusilli Combino · 1000g 1
  6. 6 Fusilli Tesco · 1 kg 1
  7. 7 Wholewheat Penne Tesco · 500g 1
  8. 8 Tagliatelle bronze die pasta Deluxe · 500g 1
  9. 9 Linguine Bronze Die Pasta Deluxe · 500 g 1
  10. 10 Rigatoni Napolina · 500g 1
  11. 11 Fusilli Napolina · 500g 1
  12. 12 Fusilli Sainsbury's · 500g 1
  13. 13 Whole Grain Spaghetti Barilla · 16 oz 1
  14. 14 Macaroni Sainsbury's · 500g 1
  15. 15 Spirali Baresa · 500g 1
  16. 16 Penne Tesco · 500 g 1
  17. 17 Farfalle Tesco · 500g 1
  18. 18 Rigatoni Sainsbury's · 500g 1
  19. 19 Chickpea Rotini Barilla · 8.8 oz 1
  20. 20 Red Lentil Rotini Barilla · 8.8 oz (250 g) 1
  21. 21 Tagliatelle Tesco · 500 g 1
  22. 22 Wholeweat fusilli Morrisons · 500g 1
  23. 23 Cucina fusilli cooked Aldi 1
  24. 24 Spaghetti Sainsbury's · 500g 1
  25. 25 Penne Napolina · 500g 1
  26. 26 Margheritine Soup Pasta Tesco · 570 g 1
  27. 27 Macaroni Tesco · 500g 1
  28. 28 Spirali 100% Durum Wheat Tesco · 500g 1
  29. 29 Penne Sainsbury's · 1kg 1
  30. 30 Tagliatelle Morrisons · 500 g 1
  31. 31 Spaghetti Tesco 1
  32. 32 Macaroni Napolina · 500g 1
  33. 33 Fusilli Tesco finest 1
  34. 34 Pappardelle Taste the Difference 1
  35. 35 Farfalle Sainsbury's · 500g 1
  36. 36 Wholewheat Penne Pasta Asda · 500g 1
  37. 37 Tesco Organic Whole Wheat Fusilli 500G Tesco 1
  38. 38 Wholewheat Fusilli Waitrose & Partners 1
  39. 39 Linguine Napolina · 500g 1
  40. 40 Quick Cooks Red Lentil Fusili Holland and Barrett · 250 g 1

Showing the first 40 of 113. The narrower categories above, or search, find the rest.

Processed food (2)

  1. 114 Freefrom gluten free Penne Waitrose · 500 g 3
  2. 115 Golden Taglioni Plants by Deliciously Ella · 250g 3

Ultra-processed food (12)

  1. 116 Fusili high protein Morrisons · 250 g 4
  2. 117 Gluten Free Spaghetti Barilla · 12 oz (340 g) 4
  3. 118 Gluten Free Rotini Barilla · 12 oz (340g) 4
  4. 119 Banza Shells Banza · 8 oz 4
  5. 120 Conchiglie TESCO freeFROM · 500g 4
  6. 121 Fusilli TESCO freeFROM · 500g 4
  7. 122 Free From Pasta Fusilli Tesco free from penne · 500g 4
  8. 123 Free from Spaghetti Coop · 500 g 4
  9. 124 Penne pasta with Quinia Remano 4
  10. 125 Sainsbury's Deliciously Free From Spaghetti Sainsbury's · 500 g 4
  11. 126 Mac & Cheese Spirals Kraft · 5.5 oz (156 g) 4
  12. 127 mac & cheese original flavor Kraft · 7.25 oz (206 g) 4

Within each group, products with fewer signs of ultra-processing, additives and ingredients come first. This ordering is ours, for comparison; it is not part of NOVA.