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Is Gastro Collection Lasagne al forno ultra-processed?

Bolognese lasagne Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Gastro Collection Lasagne al forno

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:

  • 65 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed bolognese 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

beef 30%, cooked free range egg lasagne pasta 18% (Durum Wheat Semolina, Water, Free Range Egg, Free Range Egg White), Whole Milk, chianti red wine 6%, Water, mature cheddar cheese, Tomato Purée, grana padano cheese 2.5% (Grana Padano Cheese, Preservative (Lysozyme)), smoked pancetta 2.5% (Pork Belly, Salt, Dextrose, Black Pepper, Preservatives (Potassium Nitrate), Sodium Nitrite, Antioxidant (Sodium Ascorbate), Garlic Extract, Coriander, Nutmeg), Cornflour, Onion, Crushed Tomatoes, Celery, Carrot, Balsamic Vinegar (Wine Vinegar, Concentrated Grape Must), Butter, Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Tomatoes, Garlic Purée, Double Cream, Salt, Thyme, English Mustard (Water, Mustard, Salt, Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Colour (Curcumin), Turmeric Powder), Black Pepper, White Pepper Nutmeg, Bay Leaf, F

Additives: E100 Curcumin , E1105 Lysozyme , E250 Sodium nitrite , E252 Potassium nitrate , E301 Sodium ascorbate

As written on the pack

BEEF (30%), COOKED FREE RANGE EGG LASAGNE PASTA (18%) (Durum Wheat Semolina, Water, Pasteurised Free Range Egg, Dried Free Range Egg White), Whole Milk, CHIANTI RED WINE (6%), Water, MATURE CHEDDAR CHEESE (MILK) (4%), Tomato Purée, GRANA PADANO CHEESE (2.5%) (Grana Padano Cheese (Milk), Preservative Lysozyme (Egg)), SMOKED PANCETTA (2.5%) (Pork Belly, Salt, Dextrose, Black Pepper, Preservatives: Potassium Nitrate, Sodium Nitrite; Antioxidant: Sodium Ascorbate; Garlic Extract, Coriander Extract, Nutmeg Extract), Cornflour, Onion, Crushed Tomatoes, Celery, Carrot, Balsamic Vinegar (Wine Vinegar, Concentrated Grape Must), Butter (Milk), Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Tomatoes, Garlic Purée, Double Cream (Milk), Salt, Thyme, English Mustard (Water, Mustard Flour, Salt, Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Colour: Curcumin; Turmeric Powder), Black Pepper, White Pepper Nutmeg, Ground Bay Leaf. ALLERGY ADVICE: For allergens, see ingredients in bold. No artificial colours or flavourings. F

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.

  • E100 Curcumin Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.

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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
7 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.

  • E250 Sodium nitrite Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • E252 Potassium nitrate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 22 bolognese lasagne

From least to most processed, this one ranks 21st. 64% of the bolognese 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 22 bolognese lasagne, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600499246, last edited 4 July 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.