Is Inspired Cuisine Macaroni Cheese ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 12 ingredients
- No additives
- Nutri-Score C
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
cooked macaroni pasta 38% (Water, Durum Wheat Semolina), Water, mature cheddar cheese (processing marker) 18%, Milk, Single Cream, Comnflour, Salt (processing marker), Black Pepper, Mustard, Pimentos
As written on the pack
COOKED MACARONI PASTA (38%) (Water, Durum Wheat Semolina), Water, MATURE CHEDDAR CHEESE (18%) (Milk), Milk, Single Cream (Milk), Comnflour, Salt, Black Pepper, Mustard Powder, Ground Pimentos.
What makes it processed
Processed ingredients
Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.
- 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.
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.
Among 48 macaroni and cheese
From least to most processed, this one ranks 1st. 94% of the macaroni and cheese here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600402864, 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.
- 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.