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Is Amy's Cheese Ravioli with Sauce ultra-processed?

9.5 OZ (269g) Stuffed pastas Sold in the United States

Pack of Amy's Cheese Ravioli with Sauce

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:

  • 37 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

Cheese ravioli (ricotta cheese (whey, pasteurized part-skim milk, vinegar, salt), wheat flour, durum wheat flour, water, semolina flour, vital wheat gluten, parmesan cheese (pasteurized part-skim milk, culture, salt, enzymes (without animal enzymes, rennet)), honey, spices, sea salt), tomato puree, filtered water, onions, extra virgin olive oil, spices, grade aa butter, parmesan cheese (pasteurized part-skim milk, culture, salt, enzymes (without animal enzymes, rennet)), sea salt, garlic, black pepper

As written on the pack

Cheese ravioli (ricotta cheese [pasteurized whey, pasteurized part-skim milk, vinegar, salt], organic unbleached wheat flour, organic durum wheat flour, water, organic semolina flour, organic vital wheat gluten, parmesan cheese [pasteurized part-skim milk, culture, salt, enzymes (without animal enzymes or rennet)], honey, spices, sea salt), organic tomato puree, filtered water, organic onions, organic extra virgin olive oil, spices, organic grade aa butter, parmesan cheese (pasteurized part-skim milk, culture, salt, enzymes [without animal enzymes or rennet]), sea salt, organic garlic, black pepper.

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.

  • Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
  • 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.
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.
  • Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • 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 149 stuffed pastas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 86th. 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 0042272001651, last edited 17 July 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.