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Is Giovanni Roma Rana Beef Short Rib Lasagna ultra-processed?

42 oz Prepared lasagne Sold in the United States

Pack of Giovanni Roma Rana Beef Short Rib Lasagna

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:

  • 89 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

meat sauce (beef), tomato puree (tomatoes), water, tomato paste (tomatoes), onions, carrots, and less of red wine 2%, beef stock base (yeast extract, beef stock, salt, water, natural flavor, potato starch, lactic acid, carrot, onion powder, celery juice), natural flavors, garlic, salt, spices, modified food starch, cheese sauce (ricotta cheese, whey), milk, cream, vinegar, heavy cream (cream, milk), milk, mozzarella cheese (milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), parmesan cheese (part-skim milk, salt, enzymes), and less of whey 2%, salt, natural flavors, garlic, spices, black pepper, vegetable fiber, starch (pea, potato, corn), corn starch, potato fiber, tomato sauce (tomato puree (tomatoes)), water, onions, and less of garlic 2%, salt, natural flavors, modified food starch, spices, black pepper, pasta (durum wheat flour), eggs, water, cooked seasoned shredded beef short rib (beef), water, salt, rice starch, vinegar, yeast extract, sodium bicarbonate, mozzarella cheese (milk), cheese culture, salt, enzymes, keep refrigerated, use and freeze by date on side of package, may be frozen 12 months

Additives: E270 Lactic acid , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

meat sauce: beef, tomato puree (tomatoes), water, tomato paste (tomatoes), onions, carrots, 2% or less of red wine, beef stock base (yeast extract, beef stock, salt, water, natural flavor, organic potato starch, lactic acid, carrot puree, onion powder, celery juice concentrate), natural flavors, garlic, salt, spices, modified food starch, cheese sauce: ricotta cheese (whey, milk, cream, vinegar), heavy cream (cream, milk), milk, mozzarella cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), parmesan cheese (pasteurized cultured part-skim milk, salt, enzymes), 2% or less of whey, salt, natural flavors, garlic, spices, black pepper, vegetable fiber and starch (pea, potato, corn), corn starch and potato fiber, tomato sauce: tomato puree (tomatoes), water, onions, 2% or less of garlic, salt, natural flavors, modified food starch, spices, black pepper, pasta: durum wheat flour, eggs, water, cooked seasoned shredded beef short rib: beef, water, salt, rice starch, vinegar, yeast extract, sodium bicarbonate, mozzarella cheese: pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, contains eggs, milk, wheat, keep refrigerated, use or freeze by date on side of package, may be frozen 12 months,

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.

  • 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.
  • Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
5 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.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 66 prepared lasagne

From least to most processed, this one ranks 58th. 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 0877448009250, last edited 1 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.
  • 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.