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Is Food Collective Spinach ricotta lasagne ultra-processed?

400 g Prepared lasagne Sold in Sweden, Denmark and 2 more countries

Pack of Food Collective Spinach ricotta lasagne

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:

  • 42 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed prepared lasagne

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, lasagna sheet (durum wheat flour, water, egg powder), whole milk, ricotta cheese 12% (whey (from milk), milk, salt, acidity regulator (citric acid)), spinach 8%, cream, Emmental cheese (milk, salt, ferment, microbiological rennet), cheese, milk, salt, cheese rennet, ferment, preservative (lysozyme (from egg)), modified starch, potato starch, nonfat milk powder, wheat flour, sunflower oil, salt, whey powder (from milk), coconut oil, garlic, natural flavoring, sugar, black pepper, nutmeg

Additives: E1105 Lysozyme , E14XX Modified Starch , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Water, lasagna sheet (durum wheat flour, water, egg powder), whole milk, ricotta cheese 12% (whey (from milk), milk, salt, acidity regulator (citric acid)), spinach 8%, cream, Emmental cheese (milk, salt, ferment, microbiological rennet), cheese (milk, salt, cheese rennet, ferment, preservative (lysozyme (from egg))), modified starch, potato starch, nonfat milk powder, wheat flour, sunflower oil, salt, whey powder (from milk), coconut oil, garlic, natural flavoring (contains milk), sugar, black pepper, nutmeg.

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.

  • E14xx Modified Starch Modified starches (E1400 to E1452) are starches treated physically, with enzymes or chemically so that they thicken and hold up to heating, freezing or acidity better than ordinary starch.
  • 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.

  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
8 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.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • 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.
  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 66 prepared lasagne

From least to most processed, this one ranks 55th. 70% of the prepared lasagne 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 66 prepared lasagne, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5712849008738, 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.