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Is Beef lasagne ultra-processed?

640g Prepared lasagne Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Beef lasagne

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 37 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Beef 24%, Egg Pasta (Durum Wheat Semolina, Water, Egg), Whole Milk, Tomato, Pork, Water, Red Wine, Tomato Purée, Grana Padano Cheese (Grana Padano Medium Fat Hard Cheese, Preservative (Egg Lysozyme)), Wheat Flour, Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin, Cornflour, Whipping Cream, Garlic Purée, Pecorino Medium Fat Hard Cheese, Onion, Carrot, Butter, Black Pepper, Bay, Salt, Beef Extract, Porcini Mushroom, Yeast Extract, Oregano, Rosemary, White Pepper

Additives: E1105 Lysozyme

As written on the pack

Beef (24%), Cooked Egg Pasta [Durum Wheat Semolina, Water, Pasteurised Egg]), Whole Milk, Tomato, Pork, Water, Red Wine (Sulphites), Tomato Purée, Grana Padano Cheese [Grana Padano Medium Fat Hard Cheese (Milk), Preservative (Egg Lysozyme)], Wheat Flour [Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Cornflour, Whipping Cream (Milk), Garlic Purée, Pecorino Medium Fat Hard Cheese (Milk), Onion, Carrot, Butter (Milk), Black Pepper, Bay, Salt, Beef Extract, Porcini Mushroom Powder, Yeast Extract, Oregano, Rosemary, White Pepper.

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

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

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

Preservation and traditional processing

Keep food safe or ferment it, like preservatives and cultures. A sign of processing, not ultra-processing.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 66 prepared lasagne

From least to most processed, this one ranks 15th. 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 5053526955595, 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.