Is Costa & Mollica Cannelloni ultra-processed?

400g Bolognese lasagne Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Costa & Mollica Cannelloni

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 41 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Ragu Filling 42% (Beef 15%, Tomato Pulp 6.9%, Pork 4.4%, Onion, Tomato Puree, Aged Hard Cheese, Carrot, Celery, Red Wine, Water, Bread Crumbs (Wheat Flour, Yeast, Salt (processing marker)), Free Range Eggs, Olive Oil (processing marker), Marjoram, Thyme, Black Pepper, Salt (processing marker), Wheat Flour, Nutmeg, Rosemary, Bay Leaf), Besciamella Sauce 37% (Skimmed Milk, Wheat Flour, Butter (processing marker), Aged Hard Cheese, Salt (processing marker), Black Pepper, Nutmeg), Fresh Pasta 19% (Durum Wheat Semolina, Water, Free Range Eggs), Grana Padano DOP Cheese 2% (Milk, Egg), Parsley

As written on the pack

Ragu Filling (42%) [Beef (15%), Tomato Pulp (6.9%), Pork (4.4%), Onion, Tomato Puree, Aged Hard Cheese (Milk), Carrot, Celery, Red Wine, Water, Bread Crumbs (Wheat Flour, Yeast, Salt), Free Range Eggs, Olive Oil, Marjoram, Thyme, Black Pepper, Salt, Wheat Flour, Nutmeg, Rosemary, Bay Leaf], Besciamella Sauce (37%) (Skimmed Milk, Wheat Flour, Butter, Aged Hard Cheese (Milk), Salt, Black Pepper, Nutmeg), Fresh Pasta (19%) (Durum Wheat Semolina, Water, Free Range Eggs), Grana Padano DOP Cheese (2%) (Milk, Egg), Parsley.

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 22 bolognese lasagne

From least to most processed, this one ranks 7th. 64% of the bolognese lasagne 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 22 bolognese lasagne, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060198648069, 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.