Is Batchelors PASTA 'n' SAUCE Cheese, Leek & Ham flavour ultra-processed?

99 g Pastas Sold in the United Kingdom and Spain

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Whey

28 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score B

Less processed 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

INGREDIENTS Ingredients as sold (greatest first), Pasta Whirls (7 Durum Wheat Semolina, Wheat Flour), Cheese Powder (processing marker) (519), Cheese Powder (processing marker) (Milk, Emulsifying Salts (Disodium Phosphate Wheat Flour with added Calcium, Iran, Niacin, Thiamin), Whey Powder (ultra-processing marker), Year Extract Powder, Salt (processing marker), Vegetable Olis Paim, Sunflower), Oreg Glucose Syrup, Leek (1), Favouring com Emulsifiers Penzodium Triphosphace Monoare Diglycerides of Fatty Acida, Paim Fa Romed ac Sugr Milk Proteins, Acid, Cric Acid, Scabiliser Ciperzium Phosphate Smoke Flavouring, Black Pepper Genc Advice

As written on the pack

INGREDIENTS Ingredients as sold (greatest first) Pasta Whirls (7 Durum Wheat Semolina, Wheat Flour), Cheese Powder (519) (Cheese Powder (Milk, Emulsifying Salts (Disodium Phosphate Wheat Flour with added Calcium, Iran, Niacin, Thiamin), Whey Powder (Milk) Year Extract Powder, Salt, Vegetable Olis Paim, Sunflower), Oreg Glucose Syrup, Dried Leek (1) Favouring com Emulsifiers Penzodium Triphosphace Mono-are Diglycerides of Fatty Acida, Paim Fa Romed ac Sugr Milk Proteins, Acid (Cric Acid, Scabiliser Ciperzium Phosphate Smoke Flavouring, Black Pepper Genc Advice:

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.

2 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.
Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 999 pastas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 526th. 51% of the 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 999 pastas, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000354405075, last edited 19 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 B (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.