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Is Heinz Freshly made spaghetti delicious pasta with a juicy tomato sauce ultra-processed?

Pastas Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Heinz Freshly made spaghetti delicious pasta with a juicy tomato sauce

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:

  • 18 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • 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

spaghetti 49% (water, durum wheat semolina, wheat flour (contains calcium, iron, niacin, thiamin)), tomatoes 43%, sugar, modified cornflour, salt, 6acid, citric acid, herb extract, garlic salt, spice extract allergens (see ingredients)

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

spaghetti (49%, water, durum wheat semolina, wheat flour (contains calcium, iron, niacin, thiamin)), tomatoes (43%), sugar, modified cornflour, salt, 6acid - citric acid, herb extract, garlic salt, spice extract allergens: see ingredients

What makes it ultra-processed

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.
2 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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 999 pastas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 569th. 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 5000157024947, last edited 14 March 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.