Is gnocchi ultra-processed?

Cereals and potatoes Sold in the United States

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Starch

13 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score C

Less processed cereals and potatoes

Sprouted Rolled Oats One Degree Organic Foods 1 ingredient · no additives NOVA group 1
Old Fashioned Oats Quaker Oats 1 ingredient · no additives NOVA group 1
Quick 1-Minute Oats Quaker Oats 1 ingredient · no additives NOVA group 1
Old Fashioned 100% Whole Grain Rolled Oats Quaker Oats 1 ingredient · no additives NOVA group 1

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

Potatoes 70%, Water, Dehydrated Potato Flakes (Potatoes, Natural Extract of Rosemary), Corr Flour, Potato Starch (processing marker), Corn Starch Rice Flour, Salt (processing marker), Acidity Regulator (Lactic Acid), Tumeric, Refrigerate

Additives: E270 Lactic acid

As written on the pack

Rehydrated Potatoes 70%* (Water, Dehydrated Potato Flakes* (Potatoes* 99.9%, Natural Extract of Rosemary*), Corr Flour*, Potato Starch*, Corn Starch Rice Flour*, Salt, Acidity Regulator: Lactic Acid, Tumeric*. *Organic Ingredients. Refrigerate

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 6,999 cereals and potatoes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 2526th. 60% of the cereals and potatoes 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 6,999 cereals and potatoes, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0780961014604, last edited 30 December 2024), 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.