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Is Amy's Pesto Tortellini ultra-processed?

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Pack of Amy's Pesto 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:

  • 38 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

pasta (wheat flour, semolina flour, filtered water, wheat gluten), lowfat milk, basil, parmesan cheese (pasteurized part-skim milk, culture, salt, enzymes (without animal enzymes, rennet)), cream, bread crumbs (wheat flour, water, sea salt, yeast), extra virgin olive oil, filtered water, cheddar cheese (milk, culture, salt, enzymes (without animal enzymes, rennet)), ricotta cheese (pasteurized whole milk, salt, vinegar), sea salt, garlic, spices, cornstarch, onion salt

As written on the pack

Organic pasta (organic unbleached wheat flour, organic semolina flour, filtered water, organic wheat gluten), organic lowfat milk, organic basil, parmesan cheese (pasteurized part-skim milk, culture, salt, enzymes [without animal enzymes or rennet]), organic cream, bread crumbs (organic wheat flour, water, sea salt, yeast), organic extra virgin olive oil, filtered water, cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, culture, salt, enzymes [without animal enzymes or rennet]), ricotta cheese (pasteurized whole milk, salt, vinegar), sea salt, organic garlic, spices*, organic cornstarch, onion salt.

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.
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.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • 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 544 pasta dishes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 191st. 72% of the pasta dishes 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 544 pasta dishes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0042272001767, last edited 30 September 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.