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Is Dell Ugo Crab & Crayfish raviolo ultra-processed?

250g Pasta dishes Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Dell Ugo Crab & Crayfish raviolo

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:

  • 71 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed pasta dishes

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

Filling 60%, Crab 36%, crayfish mix 36% (crab meat, crayfish, salt, dill), surimi chunks 35%, water, surimi (fish meat, starch (wheat), sunflower oil, sugar, salt, flavouring, egg white powder, colour (paprika extract)), salted butter (butter, salt), breadcrumbs (wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), yeast, salt), lemon juice 4%, mayonnaise (rapeseed oil, free range pasteurised whole egg, egg yolk, water, spirit vinegar, sugar, salt, lemon juice, flavouring, antioxidant (calcium disodium EDTA), paprika extract), flat leaf parsley, coriander, chilli, lobster stock, lobster infusion (water, tapioca, lobster, salt), cornflour, salt, sugar, tomato paste, yeast extract, anchovy, sunflower oil, cod fish powder, lemon juice concentrate, garlic purée, salt, yeast, Pasta 40% (Durum wheat semolina, water, free range egg 12%)

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E170 Calcium carbonates , E170i Calcium carbonate , E385 Calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate

As written on the pack

Filling (60%) (Crab and crayfish mix (36%) (crab meat (crustacean), crayfish (crustacean), salt, dill), surimi chunks (35%) (water, surimi (fish meat, starch (wheat), sunflower oil, sugar, salt, flavouring (crustacean), egg white powder, colour: paprika extract), salted butter (butter (milk), salt), breadcrumbs (wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), yeast, salt), lemon juice (4%), mayonnaise (rapeseed oil, free range pasteurised whole egg and egg yolk, water, spirit vinegar, sugar, salt, lemon juice, flavouring, antioxidant: calcium disodium EDTA, paprika extract), flat leaf parsley, coriander, chilli, lobster stock (lobster infusion (water, tapioca, lobster (crustacean), salt), cornflour, salt, sugar, tomato paste, yeast extract, anchovy puree (fish), sunflower oil, cod fish powder, lemon juice concentrate), garlic purée, salt, yeast). Pasta (40%) (Durum wheat semolina, water, pasteurised free range egg (12%)). ALLERGEN ADVICE. For allergens including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold. May contain traces of soy, mustard and molluscs.

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.

  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • E170 Calcium carbonates Calcium carbonate is chalk.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
7 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.
  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 544 pasta dishes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 431st. 72% of the pasta dishes 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 544 pasta dishes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5024271112007, 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.