Is Ella's Kitchen Tomato-y pasta ultra-processed?

190g Pastas Sold in the United Kingdom and France

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Vegetable oil

16 ingredients
No additives

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

tomatoes 4%, vegetable stock 23% (water, vegetables (onion), swedes, carrots), onions 8%, pasta 7% (durum wheat, egg whites), red peppers 7%, carrots 6%, swedes 6%, olive oil (processing marker) 1%, oregano 0.1%

As written on the pack

Organic tomatoes 4%, organic vegetable stock 23% (water and organic vegetables: onion, swedes and carrots), organic onions 8%, organic pasta 7% (durum wheat and egg whites), organic red peppers 7%, organic carrots 6%, organic swedes 6%, organic olive oil 1%, organic oregano <0.1%

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

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 418th. 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 5060107331327, last edited 10 September 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.
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.