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Is Dafgårds Spagetti Con Aglio ultra-processed?

380 g Microwave meals Sold in Sweden

Pack of Dafgårds Spagetti Con Aglio

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:

  • 25 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed microwave meals

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

Pasta 64% (vatten, durumvetemjöl), vatten, rapsolja, olivolja, tomat, Grana Padano 2.6% (mjölk, salt, löpe, konserveringsmedel (e1105 (från ägg))), persilja, salt, vitlök, modifierad stärkelse, svartpeppar, vitvinsvinäger, tomat, vitlöks, lök, chili, persilja

Additives: E1105 Lysozyme , E14XX Modified Starch

As written on the pack

Pasta 64 % (vatten, durumvetemjöl), vatten, rapsolja, olivolja, tomat, Grana Padano 2,6 % (mjölk, salt, löpe, konserveringsmedel E1105 (från ägg)), persilja, salt, vitlök, modifierad stärkelse, svartpeppar, vitvinsvinäger, torkad tomat, vitlökspulver, lökpulver, chiliflingor, persilja.

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • E14xx Modified Starch Modified starches (E1400 to E1452) are starches treated physically, with enzymes or chemically so that they thicken and hold up to heating, freezing or acidity better than ordinary starch.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.
6 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.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • 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.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 350 microwave meals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 184th. 72% of the microwave meals 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 350 microwave meals, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7310960039822, last edited 2 April 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.