Is Filippo Berio Arrabbiata pasta sauce ultra-processed?

340 g Arrabbiata sauces Sold in the United Kingdom and the Czech Republic

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Sugar

10 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score B

Less processed tomato sauces

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

Tomato 93% (tomato pulp, tomato purée), Filippo Berio Extra virgin olive oil 3%, Sugar (processing marker), Red peppers, Salt (processing marker), Garlic Concentrated lemon juice, Parsley, Chilli

As written on the pack

Tomato 93% (tomato pulp, tomato purée), Filippo Berio Extra virgin olive oil 3%, Sugar, Red peppers, Salt, Garlic Concentrated lemon juice, Parsley, Chilli.

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 13 arrabbiata sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 5th. 15% of the arrabbiata 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 13 arrabbiata sauces, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8002210133235, last edited 4 June 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 B (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.