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Pasta sauces, from least to most processed

We track 317 pasta sauces, 49% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Tomato & Bacon Pasta Bake.

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What makes pasta sauces ultra-processed

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

Unprocessed or minimally processed (7)

  1. 1 Tomato & Bacon Pasta Bake Cucina · 495 g 1
  2. 2 Steel Cut Oats Quick Millville · 25 ounces 1
  3. 3 Tomato and basil sauce M&S Food 1
  4. 4 Low Sodium Marinara Michaels of Brooklyn 1
  5. 5 Arrabbiata Sauce Michaels of Brooklyn 1
  6. 6 Mr Ridiculously Good's Smooth Tomato Bolognese Heinz · 490.0 g 1
  7. 7 Passages Cook Italia 1

Processed food (156)

  1. 8 Tomato & Mascarpone Pasta Sauce Coop · 300 g 3
  2. 9 Creamy Artichoke Sauce Plants by Deliciously Ella 3
  3. 10 Marinara Carbone · 24 g 3
  4. 11 Tomato & Basil Pasta Sauce Marks & Spencer · 340 g e 3
  5. 12 Italian sun ripened tomato & fresh basil pasta sauce Mr Organic · 350g 3
  6. 13 Spicy chilli and tomato sauce 340 g 3
  7. 14 Premium Organic Tomato & Basil Pasta Sauce Paesana · 25 oz 3
  8. 15 Ekologisk Pastasås Tomat & Vitlök I Love Eco · 390 g 3
  9. 16 Marinara Rao's Homemade · 56 oz 3
  10. 17 White linen marinara sauce Victoria · 40 oz 3
  11. 18 Tomato and basil sauce Waitrose · 350g 3
  12. 19 Authentic Italian Roasted Garlic Pasta Sauce Mr Organic · 350 g 3
  13. 20 Rao’s Homemade Marinara Rao's Homemade 3
  14. 21 Rao’s Marinara sauce Rao's 3
  15. 22 Ekologisk Pastasås Tomat & Basilika I Love Eco · 390 g 3
  16. 23 Tomato & Basil Pasta Sauce Simply Nature 3
  17. 24 Arrabiata - Tomato & Chilli Barilla · 400 g 3
  18. 25 ARRABBIATA Spicy Marinara Rao's Homemade · 24 oz (1.5 LB) 3
  19. 26 Tomato & Basil Pasta Sauce Inspired Cuisine · 350 g 3
  20. 27 Olive and Caper Pasta Sauce 350 g 3
  21. 28 Marinara Mezzetta · 24.5 oz 3
  22. 29 San Marzano Blend Low Sodium Marinara Pasta Sauce The Silver Palate · 708g 3
  23. 30 Ekologisk Pastasås Tomat & Chili I Love Eco · 390 g 3
  24. 31 Tomato & Basil Sauce Loyd Grossman · 350g 3
  25. 32 Marinara Pasta Sauce Simply Nature 3
  26. 33 Tomato and Basil Sauce Loyd Grossman 3
  27. 34 Basilico Pasta Sauce Filipp Beria · 340g 3
  28. 35 Arrabbiata pasta sauce Filippo Berio · 340 g 3
  29. 36 Sweet Red Pepper Sauce Plants by Deliciously Ella 3
  30. 37 Bolognese Sauce - No Added Sugar Tesco · 500.0 g 3
  31. 38 sugo alla puttanesca Croats Mollica · 340 g 3
  32. 39 Olive Pasta Sauce Filippo Berio · 340g 3
  33. 40 Ekologisk Pastasås Basilico Garant · 400 g 3
  34. 41 Sun-Ripened Cherry Tomato & Basil Heinz · 350g 3
  35. 42 Tomato & Chilli Arrabbiata Heinz · 350 3
  36. 43 Sundried Cherry Tomato & Basil Heinz · 490g 3
  37. 44 Bolognese Pasta Sauce Tesco 3
  38. 45 Smooth Bolognese Sauce Tesco · 500 g 3
  39. 46 Marinara Sauce KIRKLAND Signature · 2lb 3
  40. 47 Chargrilled Vegetables Pasta Sauce Filippo Berio · 340g 3

Showing the first 40 of 156. The narrower categories above, or search, find the rest.

Ultra-processed food (154)

  1. 164 Tomato & Basil Botticelli 4
  2. 165 Base per Bolognese Barilla · 400.0 g 4
  3. 166 Intenso pasta sauce creamy mascarpone & tomato Saclà 4
  4. 167 Pasta Sauce with Garlic Mutti 4
  5. 168 Family Size Dolmio Sauce For Lasagne Tomato Dolmio 4
  6. 169 Premium vodka sauce, vodka Victoria · 24 oz 4
  7. 170 Old World Style Sauce Flavored with Meat Ragu · 677 g 4
  8. 171 Vegan bolognese sauce Saclà 4
  9. 172 Tomato & Grilled Peppers Stir Through Sauce Specially Selected · 190 g 4
  10. 173 Vodka Sauce Rao's Homemade · 680g 4
  11. 174 Rich & Intense Tomato & Olive Stir Through Sauce Aldi · 190 g 4
  12. 175 Vegetarisk Eko Bolognese Itigo · 350 g 4
  13. 176 Basil Pesto Cucina Matese · 290g 4
  14. 177 Tomato & Chilli Pasta Sauce Baresa · 500 g 4
  15. 178 Vegan Basil Pesto Saclà · 190g 4
  16. 179 Smooth Tomato Pasta Sauce Baresa · 500 g 4
  17. 180 Tomato Lasagne Sauce Dolminos · 450 g 4
  18. 181 Tomato & Basil Barilla · 24 oz (680 g) 4
  19. 182 Marinara Barilla · 24 oz (680 g) 4
  20. 183 Sun-dried Tomato Basil & Garlic Morrisons The Best · 350g 4
  21. 184 Vegan Tomato Pesto Saclà · 190g 4
  22. 185 Sun-dried tomato sauce Aldi · 340g 4
  23. 186 stir-in sun-dried tomato Dolmio · 150 g 4
  24. 187 Onion & Garlic Pasta Sauce Baresa · 500 g 4
  25. 188 Chunky Mushroom Pasta Sauce Cucina · 500g 4
  26. 189 Tomato Sauce For Lasagne Dolmio · 500g 4
  27. 190 Tomato and Garlic Pasta Sauce Asda · 500g 4
  28. 191 Pasta sauce Hubbard’s · 440g 4
  29. 192 Tomato & Herb Bolognese Sauce Sainsbury's · 500 g 4
  30. 193 Onion And Garlic Pasta Sauce Tesco 4
  31. 194 Bolognese Pasta Sauce Asda · 500 g 4
  32. 195 Tomato & Basil Pasta Sauce Dolmio · 150 g 4
  33. 196 Bolognese Pasta Sauce 4
  34. 197 bolognese sauce Dolmio · 500 g 4
  35. 198 Sauce for Bolognese Dolmio 4
  36. 199 Onion & garlic pasta sauce Sainsbury's 4
  37. 200 Sundried Tomato pasta sauce Lidl · 150g 4
  38. 201 Stir in pasta sause slow roasted galic and tomato Dolmio · 150g 4
  39. 202 Dolmio Bolognese Smooth Tomato Pasta Sauce 500G Dolmio · 500g 4
  40. 203 Smooth Classico Dolmio · 500 g 4

Showing the first 40 of 154. The narrower categories above, or search, find the rest.

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.