Is Aldi Sauce for Meatballs (pasta sauce) ultra-processed?

500g Pasta sauces Sold in the United Kingdom

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Sugar

14 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score A

Less processed pasta sauces

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

tomatoes 80%, concentrated tomato purée 13%, onions 2%, Water, Sugar (processing marker), basil 0.5%, Salt (processing marker), Garlic Purée, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Parsley, Onion Powder, Dried Oregano, Black Pepper

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

TOMATOES (80%), CONCENTRATED TOMATO PURÉE (13%), ONIONS (2%), Water, Sugar, BASIL (0.5%), Salt, Garlic Purée, Acidity Regulator: Citric Acid, Parsley, Onion Powder, Dried Oregano, Black Pepper

What makes it processed

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.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 317 pasta sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 129th. 49% of the pasta sauces 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 317 pasta sauces, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600304656, last edited 2 August 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 A (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.