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Is Charlie Bingham’s meatballs al forno ultra-processed?

Meat balls Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Charlie Bingham’s meatballs al forno

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:

  • 50 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed meat balls

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

Tomatoes, trulli pasta (water, durum wheat semolina, egg), British pork 15%, onions, tomato purée, honey, free-range egg, Regato cheese, rapeseed oil, extra-virgin olive oil, Cheddar cheese, garlic purée, parsley, wheat couscous, sunflower oil, sun-dried tomatoes, salt, basil, Worcester sauce (water, sugar, spirit vinegar, molasses, onion, salt, tamarind paste, cloves, garlic purée, ginger), oregano, breadcrumbs (wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), yeast, salt), fennel seeds, cornflour, lemon zest, red pepper, black pepper, chillies, colour (paprika extract)

Additives: E160c Paprika extract

As written on the pack

Tomatoes, trulli pasta (water, durum wheat semolina, egg), British pork (15%), onions, tomato purée, honey, free-range egg, Regato cheese (milk), rapeseed oil, extra-virgin olive oil, Cheddar cheese (milk), garlic purée, parsley, wheat couscous, sunflower oil, sun-dried tomatoes, salt, basil, vegetarian Worcester sauce (water, sugar, spirit vinegar, molasses, onion purée, salt, tamarind paste, cloves, garlic purée, ginger purée), oregano, breadcrumbs (wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), yeast, salt), ground fennel seeds, cornflour, lemon zest, red pepper flakes, black pepper, ground chillies, colour: paprika 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.

  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
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.

  • Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
  • 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.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 47 meat balls

From least to most processed, this one ranks 31st. 74% of the meat balls 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 47 meat balls, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5033665211257, 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.