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Is Asda White lasagne sauce ultra-processed?

Prepared lasagne Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Asda White lasagne 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:

  • 14 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed prepared lasagne

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

powder, sugar, egg yolk powder, salt, acidity regulator, laci km stabilisers (xanthan gum, guar gum), white pepper, garlic powder allergy advice! for allergens, flavours, hydrogenated fat, try me, love me if you are not 100% happy with your simply rot

Additives: E412 Guar gum , E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

powder (milk), sugar, egg yolk powder, salt, acidity regulator (laci km stabilisers (xanthan gum, guar gum), ground white pepper, garlic powder allergy advice! for allergens, see ingredients in bold. no artificial colours, flavours or hydrogenated fat. try me, love me if you are not 100% happy with your simply rot

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.

  • Hydrogenated fat An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
3 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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 66 prepared lasagne

From least to most processed, this one ranks 54th. 70% of the prepared lasagne 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 66 prepared lasagne, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5054070649985, last edited 13 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.