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Is Dolmio Sauce For Pasta Bake Carbonara ultra-processed?

430g Pastas Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Dolmio Sauce For Pasta Bake Carbonara

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:

  • 30 ingredients
  • 8 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed pastas

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

water, sunflower oil, fresh cream milk 4.6%, modified maize starch, sugar, cheese milk, butterfat milk, palm fat, lactic acid, citric acid, broth (sugar, flavourings, yeast extract, dried glucose syrup, salt, coconut fat, sunflower oil, smoke flavouring, milk protein), natural flavouring, milk proteins, garlic, lactose milk, xanthan gum, salt, spices, monosodium phosphate, sodium polyphosphate, rosemary extract

Additives: E270 Lactic acid , E330 Citric acid , E339 Sodium phosphates , E339i Monosodium phosphate , E392 Extracts of rosemary , E415 Xanthan gum , E452 Polyphosphates , E452i Sodium polyphosphate

As written on the pack

water, sunflower oil, fresh cream milk 4,6%, modified maize starch, sugar, cheese milk , butterfat milk , palm fat, acidity regulators (lactic acid, citric acid), broth powder (sugar, flavourings, yeast extract, dried glucose syrup, salt, coconut fat, sunflower oil, smoke flavouring, milk protein), natural flavouring, milk proteins, garlic, lactose milk , stabiliser (xanthan gum), salt, spices, emulsifiers (monosodium phosphate, sodium polyphosphate), 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.
  • E452 Polyphosphates Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • 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.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
5 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.

  • 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 fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 999 pastas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 887th. 51% of the pastas 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 999 pastas, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4002359019784, last edited 15 August 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.