Is Amy's Kitchen Gluten Free Vegetable Lasagne ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 19 ingredients
- No additives
- Nutri-Score A
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
rice pasta 24%, tomato purée 20%, Ricotta cheese (processing marker), Filtered water, Mozzarella cheese (processing marker), onions 5%, courgettes 5%, spinach 4%, olive oil (processing marker), carrots 2%, Basil, cheese (processing marker), butter (processing marker), Sea salt (processing marker), garlic, Black pepper, Spices, herbs 100%, spices 100%
As written on the pack
Organic rice pasta (24%), Organic tomato purée (20%) Ricotta cheese (milk) (14%), Filtered water, Mozzarella cheese (milk)(8%). Organic onions(5%), Organic courgettes (5%), Organic spinach (4%), Organic olive oil, Organic carrots (2%), Basil, cheese (milk), Organic butter (milk), Sea salt, Organic garlic, Black pepper, Spices*. *100% pure herbs and spices.
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.
- Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
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.
Among 10 vegetarian lasagne
From least to most processed, this one ranks 1st. 80% of the vegetarian lasagne here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0042272003747, 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 A (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.