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Is Fresh Cuisine Meatball Pasta ultra-processed?

Pasta dishes Sold in the United Kingdom

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:

  • 51 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Cooked Wholewheat Fusilli Pasta (Water, Durum Wholewheat Semolina), pork 27%, beef meatballs 27%, pork 51%, beef 24%, Rusk (Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Salt), Onion, Wheat Protein, Water, Parsley, Salt, Garlic, Potato Starch, Yeast Extract, Dried Oregano, Black Pepper, Ground Nutmeg, tomatoes 16%, Water, spinach 6%, Onion, Crushed Tomatoes, Tomato Purée, Garlic Purée, Rapeseed Oil, Comfiour, Sugar, Tomato Purée (Sun Dried Tomato, Sunflower Oil, White Wine Vinegar, Salt, Sugar, Basil Extract, Garlic Extract, Dried Rosemary, Black Pepper), Red Wine Vinegar, Basil, Salt, Black Pepper, Red Chillies

As written on the pack

Cooked Wholewheat Fusilli Pasta (Water, Durum Wholewheat Semolina), PORK AND BEEF MEATBALLS (27%) (PORK (51%), BEEF (24%), Rusk (Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Salt), Onion, Wheat Protein, Water, Parsley, Salt, Garlic, Potato Starch, Yeast Extract, Dried Oregano, Ground Black Pepper, Ground Nutmeg], TOMATOES (16%), Water, SPINACH (6%), Onion, Crushed Tomatoes, Tomato Purée, Garlic Purée, Rapeseed Oil, Comfiour, Sugar, Sun Dried Tomato Purée [Rehydrated Sun Dried Tomato, Sunflower Oil, White Wine Vinegar, Salt, Sugar, Basil Extract, Garlic Extract, Dried Rosemary, Black Pepper], Red Wine Vinegar, Basil, Salt, Ground Black Pepper, Crushed Red Chillies. ALLERGY ADVICE:

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.
  • 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.
  • Bread An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.

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 544 pasta dishes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 112th. 72% of the pasta dishes 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 544 pasta dishes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4061463069092, last edited 18 July 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • 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.