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Is Heinz Beef Ravioli ultra-processed?

400 g e Canned raviolis Sold in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Germany

Pack of Heinz Beef Ravioli

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:

  • 20 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed canned raviolis

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

tomatoes 44%, beef ravioli 43% (water, durum wheat semolina, beef 14%, wheat flour, egg, palm oil, salt, onion, flavouring), concentrated tomato puree, sugar, modified cornflour, natural flavouring, herb extracts, salt, rapeseed oilt gartic salt, spice black pepper allergens (see ingredients not suitable for milk allergy sufferers)

As written on the pack

tomatoes (44%), beef ravioli (43%, water, durum wheat semolina, beef (14%), wheat flour, egg, palm oil, salt, onion, flavouring), concentrated tomato puree, sugar, modified cornflour, natural flavouring, herb extracts, salt, rapeseed oilt gartic salt, spice black pepper allergens: see ingredients not suitable for milk allergy sufferers,

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.

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.

  • Modified flour An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
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.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 8 canned raviolis

From least to most processed, this one ranks 3rd. 75% of the canned raviolis 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 8 canned raviolis, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000157068750, last edited 29 May 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.