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Is Cucina Chicken and Tomato Pasta Bake ultra-processed?

1200g Meals with chicken Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Cucina Chicken and Tomato Pasta Bake

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:

  • 39 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

penne pasta 32% (Durum Wheat Semolina, Water), tomatoes 29%, chicken 15% (Chicken Breast Inner Fillet, Chicken Thigh, Cornflour, Salt, Lemon Juice from Concentrate, White Pepper), Water, Rapeseed Oil, Tomato Purée, mozzarella cheese, Sugar, Cornflour, Regato Cheese, Tomato Purée (Sun Dried Tomato, Sunflower Oil, White Wine Vinegar, Sugar, Salt, Dried Rosemary, Basil Extract, Garlic Extract, Black Pepper), Garlic Purée, Basil, Red Wine Vinegar, Salt, Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Black Pepper

As written on the pack

COOKED PENNE PASTA (32%) (Durum Wheat Semolina, Water), TOMATOES (29%), COOKED MARINATED CHICKEN (15%) (Chicken Breast Inner Fillet, Chicken Thigh, Cornflour, Salt, Lemon Juice from Concentrate, White Pepper), Water, Rapeseed Oil, Tomato Purée, MOZZARELLA CHEESE (MILK) (2%), Sugar, Cornflour, Regato Cheese (Milk), Sun Dried Tomato Purée (Rehydrated Sun Dried Tomato, Sunflower Oil, White Wine Vinegar, Sugar, Salt, Dried Rosemary, Basil Extract, Garlic Extract; Black Pepper), Garlic Purée, Basil, Red Wine Vinegar, Salt, Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Black Pepper

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

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.

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 213 meals with chicken

From least to most processed, this one ranks 24th. 79% of the meals with chicken 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 213 meals with chicken, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600554174, 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.