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Is Cooked Perfect Italian Style Meatballs ultra-processed?

85 g Frozen meats Sold in the United States

Pack of Cooked Perfect Italian Style 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:

  • 19 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed frozen meats

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

beef, pork, water, soy flour, bread crumbs (wheat flour, salt, and YEAST), soy protein, seasoning, parmesan cheese (cow's milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), spices (various), spice extractives on a dextrose carrier, dehydrated

As written on the pack

BEEF AND PORK, WATER, TEXTURED SOY FLOUR, BREAD CRUMBS (WHEAT FLOUR, SALT, AND YEAST), SOY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, SEASONING (PARMESAN CHEESE (PART SKIM COW'S MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), SPICES (VARIOUS), SPICE EXTRACTIVES ON A DEXTROSE CARRIER, DEHYDRATED

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.

  • Soya flour An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 83 frozen meats

From least to most processed, this one ranks 43rd. 59% of the frozen meats 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 83 frozen meats, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0036669064855, last edited 4 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.