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Is Aldi Ravioli ultra-processed?

Stuffed pastas Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Aldi Ravioli

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:

  • 34 ingredients
  • 2 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

Wheat Flour, burrata cheese 9% (Burrata Cheese, Salt), Cream, free range egg 9%, tomato 8% (Tomato, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid)), Semi-Skimmed Milk, tomatoes 6%, Durum Wheat Semolina, Sunflower Oil, Corn Starch, Mozzarella Cheese, Mozzarella Cheese, Salt, Lactose, Water, Basil, Whey Powder, Salt, sundried tomato 0.5%, Sugar, Butter, Onion, tomato paste 0.5%, Garlic, Spinach, Tomato, Acidity Regulators (Sodium Carbonates), Yeast

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E500 Sodium carbonates

As written on the pack

Wheat Flour, BURRATA CHEESE (9%) [Burrata Cheese (Milk), Salt], Cream (Milk), PASTEURISED FREE RANGE EGG (9%), TOMATO (8%) (Tomato, Acidity Regulator: Citric Acid), Semi-Skimmed Milk, SEMI DRIED TOMATOES (6%), Durum Wheat Semolina, Sunflower Oil, Corn Starch, Mozzarella Cheese [Mozzarella Cheese (Milk), Salt), Lactose (Milk), Water, Basil, Whey Powder (Milk), Salt, SUNDRIED TOMATO (0.5%), Sugar, Butter (Milk), Onion Purée, TOMATO PASTE (0.5%), Garlic, Spinach, Tomato Powder, Acidity Regulators: Sodium Carbonates; Yeast.

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

  • Lactose Lactose is milk sugar, crystallised industrially from whey, a by-product of cheese making.
  • 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.
7 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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 148 stuffed pastas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 94th. 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 148 stuffed pastas, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4061459798883, 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.