Is Homepride Pasta Bake Creamy Tuna ultra-processed?

Pasta sauces Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Lactose
E415 Xanthan gum

18 ingredients
2 additives

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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

asta bake sauce for tuna with tomato, onion, basil, tomato purée 73%, tomatoes 11%, rapeseed oil, onion 4%, sugar (processing marker), modified matiz stach rated hard cheese, garlic purée, citric acid, egg yolk powder contain celery, milk, black pepper, xanthan gum (ultra-processing marker), lactose (ultra-processing marker), ice, see ingredients in bold < ₁126

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

asta bake sauce for tuna with tomato, onion and basil. tomato purée (73%), tomatoes (11%), rapeseed oil, onion (4%), sugar, modified matiz stach rated hard cheese (milk), garlic purée, acidity regulator (citric acid), egg yolk powder contain celery, milk), ground black pepper, stabiliser (xanthan gum), lactose (milk), ice: for allergens, see ingredients in bold < ₁126

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.

E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.

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.

Lactose Lactose is milk sugar, crystallised industrially from whey, a by-product of cheese making.

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.

Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 317 pasta sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 265th. 49% of the pasta sauces 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 317 pasta sauces, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000354908897, last edited 16 August 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
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General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.