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Is Dolmio ADE WITH REAL AL CREAM Serving PASTA'S NEVER LOOKE ultra-processed?

Tomato sauces Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Dolmio ADE WITH REAL AL CREAM Serving PASTA'S NEVER LOOKE

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:

  • 27 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Fomatoes 75%, onion, sunflower oil, sugar, modified maize starch, skimmed milk, cream, white wine, tomato paste, butterfat, cheese, salt, basil, white wine vinegar, lactose, acidity regulator (lactic acid), palm fat, spices, milk proteins, stabiliser (xanthan gum), herbs, starch, natural flavouring, antioxidant (rosemary extract)

Additives: E270 Lactic acid , E392 Extracts of rosemary , E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

Fomatoes (75%), onion, sunflower oil, sugar, modified maize starch, skimmed milk, cream (milk) (1.9%), white wine, double concentrated tomato paste, butterfat (milk), cheese (milk), salt, basil, white wine vinegar, lactose (milk), acidity regulator (lactic acid), palm fat, spices, milk proteins, stabiliser (xanthan gum), herbs, starch, natural flavouring, antioxidant (rosemary extract).

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.

  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • 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.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Lactose Lactose is milk sugar, crystallised industrially from whey, a by-product of cheese making.
  • Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
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.
  • 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.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 442 tomato sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 440th. 40% of the tomato sauces 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 442 tomato sauces, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4002359020278, last edited 23 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.