Is ChefSelect Cheese & tomato tortellini ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 31 ingredients
- 2 additives
- Nutri-Score B
Less processed tortellini
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
wheat flour, egg 12%, durum wheat semolina, water, tomato paste 6.5% (tomato, acidity regulator (citric acid)), ricotta soft cheese (contains acidity regulator (citric acid)), whey powder (ultra-processing marker), breadcrumbs (wheat flour, salt (processing marker), yeast), grana padano hard cheese P.D.O 3% (contains processing aid (egg lysozyme)), sunflower oil (processing marker), tomato purée 3%, vegetable fibre (ultra-processing marker) (bamboo, psyllium), potato granulates, potato starch (processing marker), garlic, yeast extract, salt (processing marker), dried tomato, oregano
Additives: E1105 Lysozyme , E330 Citric acid
As written on the pack
wheat flour, 12% egg, durum wheat semolina, water, 6,5% tomato paste (tomato, acidity regulator: citric acid), ricotta soft cheese (milk) (contains acidity regulator: citric acid), whey powder (milk), breadcrumbs (wheat flour, salt, yeast), 3% grana padano hard cheese P.D.O. (milk) (contains processing aid: egg lysozyme), sunflower oil, 3% double concentrated tomato purée, vegetable fibre (bamboo, psyllium), potato granulates, potato starch, garlic, yeast extract, salt, dried tomato, oregano
What makes it ultra-processed
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.
- Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
- Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
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.
- Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Among 21 tortellini
From least to most processed, this one ranks 11th. 86% of the tortellini here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489523949, 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 B (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.