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Is Batchelors PASTA 'n' SAUCE TOMATO, ONION & HERB ultra-processed?

99g Instant pasta Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Batchelors PASTA 'n' SAUCE TOMATO, ONION & HERB

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:

  • 26 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed instant pasta

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

Pasta Whirls 68% (Durum Wheat Semolina, Wheat Flour), Tomato 13%, Sugar, Wheat Flour (Calcium, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Yeast Extract Powder, Onion 2%, Salt, Vegetable Oils (Sunflower Vegetable Oils, Palm Vegetable Oils), Herbs 0.5% (Parsley, Oregano), Garlic, Flavourings, Colour (Beetroot Red), Acid (Citric Acid), Basil Extract

Additives: E162 Beetroot red , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Pasta Whirls 68% (Durum Wheat Semolina, Wheat Flour), Tomato Powder 13%, Sugar, Wheat Flour (Calcium, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Yeast Extract Powder, Onion Powder 2%, Salt, Vegetable Oils (Sunflower, Palm), Herbs 0.5% (Parsley, Oregano), Roasted Garlic, Flavourings, Colour (Beetroot Red), Acid (Citric Acid), Basil Extract.

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.

  • E162 Beetroot red Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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.

  • 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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 43 instant pasta

From least to most processed, this one ranks 30th. 60% of the instant pasta 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 43 instant pasta, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000354405082, last edited 27 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.