Is Batchelors PASTA 'n' SAUCE MAC 'n' CHEESE ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 26 ingredients
- 5 additives
- Nutri-Score B
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
ingredients as sold (greatest first, macaroni pasta 76%, durum wheat semolina), wheat flour, cheese powder (processing marker) 8% (cheese powder, trisodium citrate, disodium phosphate, salt (processing marker)), maize starch (processing marker), yogurt powder 3%, yeast extract powder, onion powder (i), sugar (processing marker), salt (processing marker), pentasodium triphosphate (ultra-processing marker), vegetable oils (processing marker) (sunflower vegetable oils, palm vegetable oils), garlic powder 0.5%, turmeric, flavourings (ultra-processing marker), black pepper extract, including cereals containing gluten
Additives: E331 Sodium citrates , E331iii Trisodium citrate , E339ii Disodium phosphate , E451 Triphosphates , E451i Pentasodium triphosphate
As written on the pack
ingredients as sold (greatest first): macaroni pasta (76%) (durum wheat semolina, wheat flour), cheese powder (8%) (cheese powder (milk), emulsifying salts (trisodium citrate, disodium phosphate), salt), maize starch, yogurt powder (3%) (milk), yeast extract powder, onion powder (i.5%), sugar, salt, emulsifier (pentasodium triphosphate), vegetable oils (sunflower, palm), garlic powder (0.5%), ground turmeric, flavourings, black pepper extract. allergy advice: for allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold. may also contain celery, egg and soya.
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.
- E451 Triphosphates Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
6 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.
- 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 544 pasta dishes
From least to most processed, this one ranks 329th. 72% of the pasta dishes here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000354913952, 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 B (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.