Gluten-free pasta, from least to most processed

We track 32 gluten-free pasta, 59% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Chickpea Fusilli Legume Pasta.

What makes gluten-free pasta ultra-processed

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

Unprocessed or minimally processed (11)

  1. 1 Chickpea Fusilli Legume Pasta Free From · 250g NOVA group 1
  2. 2 Chickpea Rotini Barilla · 8.8 oz NOVA group 1
  3. 3 Red Lentil Rotini Barilla · 8.8 oz (250 g) NOVA group 1
  4. 4 Brown Rice Spaghetti Doves Farm · 500g NOVA group 1
  5. 5 Green Pea Tagliatelle Holland & Barrett NOVA group 1
  6. 6 Organic Red Lentil Sedanini Trader Joe's · 12 oz, 340 g NOVA group 1
  7. 7 Organic Millet & Brown Rice Ramen Lotus Foods · 850 g NOVA group 1
  8. 8 Gluten Free Organic Brown Rice Fusilli Freee NOVA group 1
  9. 9 Baresa High Protein Chickpea & Soy Fettuccine 37.6 Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG · 200g NOVA group 1
  10. 10 Chickpea Spaghetti Barilla NOVA group 1
  11. 11 Rotini Veggie Craft · 8 g NOVA group 1

Processed food (2)

  1. 12 Freefrom gluten free Penne Waitrose · 500 g NOVA group 3
  2. 13 Mezzi Rigatoni No 57 Gluten Free Rummo · 1pcs NOVA group 3

Ultra-processed food (19)

  1. 14 Gluten Free Spaghetti Barilla · 12 oz (340 g) NOVA group 4
  2. 15 Gluten Free Penne Barilla · 275g NOVA group 4
  3. 16 Gluten Free Fettuccine Barilla · 340g NOVA group 4
  4. 17 Gluten Free Rotini Barilla · 12 oz (340g) NOVA group 4
  5. 18 Banza Shells Banza · 8 oz NOVA group 4
  6. 19 Conchiglie TESCO freeFROM · 500g NOVA group 4
  7. 20 Fusilli senza glutine Combino · 400g NOVA group 4
  8. 21 Fusilli TESCO freeFROM · 500g NOVA group 4
  9. 22 Free From Pasta Fusilli Tesco free from penne · 500g NOVA group 4
  10. 23 Free from gluten Asda · 500 g NOVA group 4
  11. 24 Free from gluten penne Asda · 500 g NOVA group 4
  12. 25 free from spagetti Morrisons NOVA group 4
  13. 26 Free from Spaghetti Coop · 500 g NOVA group 4
  14. 27 Deliciously Free From Sainsbury's · 500 g NOVA group 4
  15. 28 Penne pasta with Quinia Remano NOVA group 4
  16. 29 Spaghetti gluten free Semper · 500 g NOVA group 4
  17. 30 Sainsbury's Deliciously Free From Spaghetti Sainsbury's · 500 g NOVA group 4
  18. 31 Gliten Free Tricolore Fusilli Asda · 500 g NOVA group 4
  19. 32 Shells and cheese gluten free Velveeta · 12 oz NOVA group 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.