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Is Findus Dagens Pasta tortellini & Pesto rosso ultra-processed?

380 g Tortellini Sold in Sweden

Pack of Findus Dagens Pasta tortellini & Pesto rosso

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 42 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Tortellini 45% (Durumvetemjöl), vatten, vetemjöl, ost (ricotta 4%, mozzarella), spenat 5.8%, ägg, salt, kryddor (svartpeppar, muskotnöt, lök), basilika, Pesto rosso sås 43% (Skummjölk), ost 14.5% (emmentaler, cheddar, maasdam, parmesan), vatten, grönkål 6.8%, tomatpuré, tomat (tomat, socker, salt), grädde, rapsolja, tomat (tomat, salt), majsstärkelse, vitlök, vetestärkelse, salt, svartpeppar, röd paprika 11% (Paprika), solrosolja

As written on the pack

Tortellini 45 %: Durumvetemjöl, vatten, vetemjöl, ost (ricotta 4 %, mozzarella), spenat 5,8 %, ägg, salt, kryddor (svartpeppar, muskotnöt, lök), basilika. Pesto rosso sås 43 %: Skummjölk, ost 14,5 % (emmentaler, cheddar, maasdam, parmesan), vatten, grönkål 6,8 %, tomatpuré, grillad tomat (tomat, socker, salt), grädde, rapsolja, soltorkad tomat (tomat, salt), majsstärkelse, vitlök, vetestärkelse, salt, svartpeppar. Grillad röd paprika 11 %: Paprika, solrosolja.

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

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.
  • 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.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 21 tortellini

From least to most processed, this one ranks 2nd. 86% of the tortellini 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 21 tortellini, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7310500183794, last edited 2 April 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.