Is Gia Russa Gnocchi With Potato ultra-processed?

120 g Potato gnocchi Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

15 ingredients
3 additives

Less processed potato gnocchi

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Dell' Ugo Pumpkin Gnocchi Dell' Ugo 5 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3

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

mashed potatoes 35% (water, dehydrated potato flakes (potatoes, mono- and DIGLYCERIDES OF FATTY ACIDS (ultra-processing marker), natural flavorings (ultra-processing marker))), wheat flour, water, potato starch (processing marker), starch (processing marker), rice flour, salt (processing marker), spices, lactic acid, potassium sorbate (processing marker)

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E270 Lactic acid , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

As written on the pack

MASHED POTATOES 35% [WATER, DEHYDRATED POTATO FLAKES (POTATOES, EMULSIFIER: MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES OF FATTY ACIDS, NATURAL FLAVORINGS)], WHEAT FLOUR, WATER, POTATO STARCH, STARCH, RICE FLOUR, SALT, SPICES, ACIDITY REGULATOR: LACTIC ACID, PRESERVATIVE: POTASSIUM SORBATE.

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.

E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

3 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.

E202 Potassium sorbate 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.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 28 potato gnocchi

From least to most processed, this one ranks 25th. 68% of the potato gnocchi 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 28 potato gnocchi, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0026825009592, last edited 27 September 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.
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