Is it ultra-processed?
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Fresh pasta, from least to most processed

We track 22 fresh pasta, 50% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Italian tagliatelle.

What makes fresh pasta ultra-processed

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

Unprocessed or minimally processed (9)

  1. 1 Italian tagliatelle Morrisons · 500 g 1
  2. 2 Fresh Penne Pasta Tesco 1
  3. 3 Linguine Tesco 1
  4. 4 Italian Fresh Egg Tagliatelle Asda · 500g 1
  5. 5 Ekologisk Färsk Fettuccine I Love Eco · 250 g 1
  6. 6 Lasagne Sheets Chef Select · 200g 1
  7. 7 Egg Fusilli pasta Chef Select · 250 g 1
  8. 8 Fresh Penne M&S food · 500 g 1
  9. 9 Tagliatelle Nests Lidl Deluxe · 400g 1

Processed food (2)

  1. 10 Mushroom & ricotta ravioli Waitrose 3
  2. 11 Egg Spaetzle Chef Select 3

Ultra-processed food (11)

  1. 12 Ricotta & Spinach Ravioli Marks & Spencer 4
  2. 13 ICA tortellini ricottaost & spenat ICA · 500g 4
  3. 14 Färsk ravioli funghi Garant · 250 g 4
  4. 15 Four Cheese Tortelloni Asda · 300g 4
  5. 16 Mezzelune butternut squash, ricotta & mascarpone Deluxe · 250 g 4
  6. 17 spinach & ricotta tortellini Cucina 4
  7. 18 Spinach & Ricotta Tortelloni Sainsbury's · 300g 4
  8. 19 Bolognese Fresh Tortelloni Rana · 250g 4
  9. 20 mushroom & mascarpone tortelloni Rana · 250g 4
  10. 21 Four Chees Tortelloni Morrisons 4
  11. 22 Tortellini with ham and mozzarella Rana · 250 gram 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.