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Is Bertolli Five Cheese ultra-processed?

125 g Tomato sauces Sold in the United States

Pack of Bertolli Five Cheese

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:

  • 20 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed tomato sauces

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

tomato puree (water, tomato paste), tomatoes (tomatoes, juice, calcium chloride (firming aid), citric acid), sugar, provolone, parmesan, romano cheese (part-skim milk, cheese cultures (from barley), salt, enzymes), oilive oil, AGED ASIAGO and FON

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

TOMATO PUREE (WATER, TOMATO PASTE), DICED TOMATOES [TOMATOES, JUICE, CALCIUM CHLORIDE (FIRMING AID), CITRIC ACID], SUGAR, PROVOLONE, PARMESAN AND ROMANO CHEESE [PART-SKIM MILK, CHEESE CULTURES (FROM BARLEY), SALT, ENZYMES], OILIVE OIL, AGED ASIAGO AND FON

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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 444 tomato sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 265th. 40% of the tomato sauces 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 444 tomato sauces, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0036200219225, last edited 8 September 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.