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Meat-based pasta sauces, from least to most processed

We track 36 meat-based pasta sauces, 56% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Mr Ridiculously Good's Smooth Tomato Bolognese.

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What makes meat-based pasta sauces ultra-processed

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

Unprocessed or minimally processed (1)

  1. 1 Mr Ridiculously Good's Smooth Tomato Bolognese Heinz · 490.0 g 1

Processed food (15)

  1. 2 Bolognese Sauce - No Added Sugar Tesco · 500.0 g 3
  2. 3 Bolognese Pasta Sauce Tesco 3
  3. 4 Smooth Bolognese Sauce Tesco · 500 g 3
  4. 5 Bolognese sauce Mr Organic · 350g 3
  5. 6 Low Fat Bolognese sauce Dolmio · 500 g 3
  6. 7 bolognese sauce Filippo Berio · 340g 3
  7. 8 Pasta Sauce Bolognese Mutti · 400 g 3
  8. 9 Bolognese Sauce Smooth Hidden Veggies Ballymaloe 3
  9. 10 Bolognese Original Loyd Grossman · 350 g 3
  10. 11 Bolognese origional Lloyd Grossman · 660g 3
  11. 12 spaghetti och köttfärssås Saarioinen · 320 g 3
  12. 13 Beef bolognese sauce Marks & Spencer 3
  13. 14 dolmio onion & garlic Dolmio 3
  14. 15 Bolognese Pasta Sauce M&S · 340g 3
  15. 16 Bolognese Pasta Sauce Specially Selected 3

Ultra-processed food (20)

  1. 17 Old World Style Sauce Flavored with Meat Ragu · 677 g 4
  2. 18 Vegan bolognese sauce Saclà 4
  3. 19 Tomato & Herb Bolognese Sauce Sainsbury's · 500 g 4
  4. 20 Bolognese Pasta Sauce Asda · 500 g 4
  5. 21 Bolognese Pasta Sauce 4
  6. 22 bolognese sauce Dolmio · 500 g 4
  7. 23 Sauce for Bolognese Dolmio 4
  8. 24 Smooth Classico Dolmio · 500 g 4
  9. 25 Bolognese pasta sauce Lidl · 500g 4
  10. 26 Bolognese Onion & Garlic Dolmio 4
  11. 27 Bolognese pasta sauce Aldi 4
  12. 28 Bolognese Dolmio 4
  13. 29 16000274 Bolognese with Chunky Tomato, Garlic & Herbs Leggo's · 500 g 4
  14. 30 Mutti Parma Vegan Bolognese with Pea Protein Mutti · 400g 4
  15. 31 Beef Pasta Bolognese Myprotein · 350 g 4
  16. 32 Carbonara Sauce Tesco 4
  17. 33 smooth bolognese pasta sauce Asda 4
  18. 34 Tomato & Smoked Bacon Sauce Loyd Grossman · 350g 4
  19. 35 Pride Köttfärssås Bolognese B&S Foods · 490g 4
  20. 36 Monte Castello Köttfärssås EMD · 490 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.