Is Amy's Spinach & Ricotta Cheese Ravioli Bowl ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 33 ingredients
- No additives
- Nutri-Score C
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
filtered water, wheat flour, durum wheat semolina, ricotta cheese (processing marker) (whey (ultra-processing marker), pasteurized part-skim milk, vinegar, salt (processing marker)), spinach, onions, extra virgin olive oil (processing marker), parmesan cheese (processing marker) (pasteurized part-skim milk, culture, salt (processing marker), enzymes), nutritional yeast, sea salt (processing marker), spices, black pepper, tomatoes, filtered water, onions, carrots, extra virgin olive oil (processing marker), parmesan cheese (processing marker) (pasteurized part-skim milk, culture, salt (processing marker), enzymes), cane sugar (processing marker), sea salt (processing marker), garlic
As written on the pack
filtered water, organic unbleached wheat flour, organic unbleached durum wheat semolina flour, ricotta cheese (pasteurized whey, pasteurized part-skim milk, vinegar, salt), organic spinach, organic onions, organic extra virgin olive oil, parmesan cheese (pasteurized part-skim milk, culture, salt, enzymes), nutritional yeast, sea salt, spices, black pepper, organic diced tomatoes, filtered water, organic onions, organic carrots, organic extra virgin olive oil, parmesan cheese (pasteurized part-skim milk, culture, salt, enzymes), organic cane sugar, sea salt, organic garlic
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.
- 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.
4 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.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- 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.
Among 999 pastas
From least to most processed, this one ranks 529th. 51% of the pastas here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0042272011292, last edited 30 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.