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Is Campbell's SpaghettiOs Meatballs ultra-processed?

15.6oz (443g) Pasta with meat Sold in the United States, France and Germany

Pack of Campbell's SpaghettiOs Meatballs

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:

  • 46 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed pasta with meat

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

tabu much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet, 2‚000 calories a day is used for general nutin tia reents water, tomato puree (water, tomato paste), meatballs made with pork, chicken, gef choxen, chicken, water, beef, bread crumbs (enriched wheat aour ine r ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, dextrose, sali yeni, ol soy protein concentrate, salt, dehydrated onions, garlic, flavoring, bi rour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic agiu, higti sirup contains less than 2% of (salt), enzyme modified cheddar cheese, cheddar chese oultar a salt enzymes, calcium chloride), water, disodium phosphate, enzymes, vegetable ol, ctrcad 5st extract, enzyme modified butter, skim milk, flavoring, onion extract cans wheat, milk, soy, franco american camprell sour comda

Additives: E339ii Disodium phosphate

As written on the pack

tabu much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutin tia reents water, tomato puree (water, tomato paste), meatballs made with pork, chicken and gef choxen, mechanically separated chicken, water, beef, bread crumbs [enriched wheat aour ine r ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), dextrose, sali yeni. ol soy protein concentrate, salt, dehydrated onions, dehydrated garlic, flavoring, bi rour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic agiu), higti sirup contains less than 2% of: salt, enzyme modified cheddar cheese (cheddar chese oultar a salt enzymes, calcium chloride], water, disodium phosphate, enzymes), vegetable ol, ctrcad 5st extract, enzyme modified butter, reconstituted skim milk, flavoring, onion extract cans wheat, milk, soy. franco american camprell sour comda

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.

  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
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.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 8 pasta with meat

From least to most processed, this one ranks 5th. 75% of the pasta with meat 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 8 pasta with meat, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0051000233141, last edited 31 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.