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Is Aldi Cucina Spicy Sausage Tortellini ultra-processed?

300g Stuffed pastas Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Aldi Cucina Spicy Sausage Tortellini

Yes, it's ultra-processed

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

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 36 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed stuffed pastas

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

pasta 56% (Wheat Flour, EGG 20%, Durum Wheat Semolina, Water), spicy sausage filling 44% (Breadcrumbs (Wheat Flour, Water, Salt, Yeast), Pork, sausage 19% (Pork Shoulder, Salt, Garlic, Black Pepper), Whey Powder, Water, Dehydrated Potato Flakes, Sunflower Oil, Tomato Concentrate, Red Chilli Pepper, Onion, Sugar, Tomato, Wheat Fibre, Dehydrated Onion, Salt, Flavouring (Wheat), Black Pepper, Butter, Garlic, Nutmeg), Corallergens see ingredients in bold

As written on the pack

PASTA (56%) (Wheat Flour, PASTEURISED EGG (20%), Durum Wheat Semolina, Water), SPICY SAUSAGE FILLING (44%) [Breadcrumbs (Wheat Flour, Water, Salt, Yeast), Pork, SAUSAGE (19%) (Pork Shoulder, Salt, Garlic, Black Pepper), Whey Powder (Milk), Water, Dehydrated Potato Flakes, Sunflower Oil, Tomato Concentrate, Red Chilli Pepper, Onion, Sugar, Tomato, Wheat Fibre, Dehydrated Onion, Salt, Flavouring (Wheat), Black Pepper, Butter (Milk), Garlic Powder, Nutmeg]. ALLERGY ADVICE. Corallergens see ingredients in bold.

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
  • Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
5 ingredients that would only make it processed

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

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 149 stuffed pastas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 111th. 76% of the stuffed pastas 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 149 stuffed pastas, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4061461748098, last edited 18 April 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.