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Is Homepride Pasta Bake Tomato & Bacon ultra-processed?

485 g Pasta sauces Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Homepride Pasta Bake Tomato & Bacon

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:

  • 38 ingredients
  • 6 additives

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Tomato puree 44%, water, tomatoes 8%, onion 6%, rapeseed oil, streaky bacon 4% (pork, water, salt, dried ?, stabiliser (disodium diphosphate), antioxidant (sodium ascorbate), preservative (sodium ?)), ? Puree, sugar, modified maize starch, salt, concentrated lemon juice, parsley, colour (paprika extract), garlic puree, egg yolk powder, cheese powder, cheese powder, emulsifying salts (disodium phosphate), black pepper, stabiliser (xanthan gum), smoked bacon, flavourings, contain milk, whey powder (from milk)

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E301 Sodium ascorbate , E339ii Disodium phosphate , E415 Xanthan gum , E450 Diphosphates , E450i Disodium diphosphate

As written on the pack

Tomato puree (44%), water, tomatoes (8%), onion (6%), rapeseed oil, streaky bacon (4%) (pork, water, salt, dried ?, stabiliser (disodium diphosphate), antioxidant (sodium ascorbate), preservative sodium ?), ? Puree, sugar, modified maize starch, salt, concentrated lemon juice (contains sulphites), parsley, colour (paprika extract), garlic puree, egg yolk powder, cheese powder (cheese powder (milk), emulsifying salts (disodium phosphate), ground black pepper, stabiliser (xanthan gum), smoked bacon extract,flavourings (contain milk, whey powder (from milk)

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.

  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.

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.

  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
5 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.

  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • 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.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 317 pasta sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 313th. 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 5000354908927, last edited 27 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.