Is Classico Pasta Sauce ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 15 ingredients
- 1 additive
Less processed sauces
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
tomato puree (water, tomato paste), tomatoes, tomato juice, sugar (processing marker), contains 2% and less of (olive oil (processing marker)), salt (processing marker), basil, dehydrated onion, spices, garlic, citric acid, calcium chloride
Additives: E330 Citric acid
As written on the pack
tomato puree (water, tomato paste), diced tomatoes, tomato juice, sugar, contains 2% or less of: olive oil, salt, basil, dehydrated onion, spices, dehydrated garlic, citric acid, calcium chloride,
What makes it processed
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.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Among 2,964 sauces
From least to most processed, this one ranks 980th. 60% of the sauces here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0041129424605, last edited 28 May 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.
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.