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Is De Cecco Orecchiette ultra-processed?

Cereals and their products Sold in the United States

Pack of De Cecco Orecchiette

No, it's unprocessed or minimally processed

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

None of its ingredients counts as a sign of processing in NOVA.

  • 8 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score A

Ingredients

Durum (wheat), semolina, niacin, ferrous lactate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid

Additives: E585 Ferrous lactate

As written on the pack

Durum (wheat) semolina, niacin, ferrous lactate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid.

Among 5,066 cereals and their products

From least to most processed, this one ranks 902nd. 57% of the cereals and their products 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 5,066 cereals and their products, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0024094070916, last edited 28 August 2025), 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.