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Is Aldi Cucina Beef Lasagne ultra-processed?

400g Meat lasagnas Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Aldi Cucina Beef Lasagne

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 27 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

beef 27%, Tomatoes, cooked free range egg pasta 17% (Durum Wheat Semolina, Water, Free Range Egg, Free Range Egg White), Milk, Crushed Tomatoes, Water, Onion, Carrot, Celery, Garlic Purée, Tomato Purée, Cornflour, Regato Cheese, Rapeseed Oil, Mature Cheddar Cheese, Single Cream, Salt, Oregano, Rosemary, Black Pepper, White Pepper, Nutmeg, Bay Leaf

As written on the pack

BEEF (27%), Tomatoes, COOKED FREE RANGE EGG PASTA (17%) (Durum Wheat Semolina, Water, Pasteurised Free Range Egg, Dried Free Range Egg White), Milk, Crushed Tomatoes, Water, Onion, Carrot, Celery, Garlic Purée, Tomato Purée, Cornflour, Regato Cheese (Milk), Rapeseed Oil, Mature Cheddar Cheese (Milk), Single Cream (Milk), Salt, Oregano, Rosemary, Black Pepper, White Pepper, Nutmeg, Ground Bay Leaf.

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 27 meat lasagnas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 3rd. 63% of the meat lasagnas here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 27 meat lasagnas, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600402857, last edited 27 March 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
  • NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.