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Is Kirkland Signature Five Cheese Tortelloni with Parmigiano Reggiano ultra-processed?

2 x 680.3 g Stuffed pastas Sold in the United States

Pack of Kirkland Signature Five Cheese Tortelloni with Parmigiano Reggiano

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:

  • 37 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed stuffed 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

Filling (ricotta (whey, whole milk, cream, vinegar), parmigiano reggiano cheese (cow's milk, salt, rennet), mascarpone cheese (milk, cream, citric acid), mozzarella cheese (cultured milk, salt, enzymes), breadcrumbs (wheat flour, yeast, salt), chicory root fiber, pecorino romano cheese (sheep's milk, rennet, salt), cornstarch, potato starch, potatoes, vegetable fiber, natural flavors, and less of salt 2%), pasta (semolina, eggs, water)

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Filling (ricotta [whey, whole milk, cream, vinegar], parmigiano reggiano cheese [cow's milk, salt, rennet], mascarpone cheese [pasteurized milk, cream, citric acid], mozzarella cheese [pasteurized cultured milk, salt and enzymes], breadcrumbs [wheat flour, yeast, salt], chicory root fiber, pecorino romano cheese [pasteurized cultured sheep's milk, rennet, salt], cornstarch, potato starch, dehydrated potatoes, vegetable fiber, natural flavors, 2% or less of salt). pasta (semolina, eggs, water).

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.

  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.
  • Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
4 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.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 149 stuffed pastas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 124th. 76% of the stuffed 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 149 stuffed pastas, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0096619721146, last edited 3 January 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.