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Is Healthy Choice Creamy Spinach & Tomato Linguini ultra-processed?

9 oz Pastas Sold in the United States

Pack of Healthy Choice Creamy Spinach & Tomato Linguini

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:

  • 26 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed pastas

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

Creamy pea pesto sauce (water, pea (peas), olive oil, onions, corn starch, chardonnay wine, garlic, cider vinegar, sugar, salt, canola oil, black pepper), cooked linguini pasta (water, semolina wheat flour), vegetables (spinach, tomatoes), parmesan cheese (pasteurized part skim milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), basil

As written on the pack

Creamy pea pesto sauce (water, pea puree [organic peas], olive oil, onions, corn starch, chardonnay wine, garlic, organic cider vinegar, sugar, salt, canola oil, black pepper). cooked organic linguini pasta (water, organic semolina wheat flour). vegetables (organic spinach, organic tomatoes). parmesan cheese (pasteurized part skim milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes). basil. contains: milk, wheat.

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 999 pastas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 446th. 51% of the pastas 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 999 pastas, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0072655454576, last edited 28 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.