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Is ICA Pasta Lasagnette ultra-processed?

340 g Bolognese lasagne Sold in Sweden

Pack of ICA Pasta Lasagnette

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:

  • 35 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Tomatsås 41%, tomat, skummjölk, grädde, tomatpuré, ketchup (tomat, vinäger, socker, salt, kryddextrakt), kryddor, örter (basilika, vitlök, oregano, peppar), salt, majsstärkelse, papardelle pasta 29% (vatten, durumvetemjöl, ägg), köttfärsmix (nötkött 8%, vatten, potatisstärkelse, salt), tomat, gul lök, Emmentalerost 3% (mjölk, salt, löpe, startkultur)

As written on the pack

Tomatsås 41 % (tomat, skummjölk, grädde, tomatpuré, ketchup (tomat, vinäger, socker, salt, kryddextrakt (selleri)), kryddor/örter (basilika, vitlök, oregano, peppar), salt, majsstärkelse), papardelle pasta 29 % (vatten, durumvetemjöl, ägg), köttfärsmix (nötkött 8 %, vatten, potatisstärkelse, salt), tomat, gul lök, Emmentalerost 3 % (pastöriserad mjölk, salt, löpe, startkultur).

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

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

  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.
  • 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.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 22 bolognese lasagne

From least to most processed, this one ranks 4th. 64% of the bolognese lasagne 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 22 bolognese lasagne, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7318690042679, last edited 2 April 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.