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Is KIRKLAND Signature Italian Sausage And Beef Lasagna ultra-processed?

48 oz Meat lasagnas Sold in the United States

Pack of KIRKLAND Signature Italian Sausage And Beef Lasagna

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:

  • 62 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed meat lasagnas

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

Tomatoes (vine-ripened ground tomatoes, tomato puree, pear tomatoes, salt, calcium chloride, citric acid), cooked pasta (semolina (wheat), water, egg whites), cooked zesty Italian sausage (pork, water, spices, salt, garlic), whole milk ricotta cheese (whey, cream, vinegar, salt), whole milk mozzarella cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), tomato puree, ground choice beef from chuck, cooked Italian sausage (pork, spices, water, salt, sugar, natural flavorings, paprika), Romano cheese (cow's milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), onions (onions, canola oil), rice starch, spices, sugar, water, Parmesan cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), garlic, red wine, extra virgin olive oil, salt, cornstarch, spinach, onion

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Tomatoes (vine-ripened ground tomatoes, tomato puree, pear tomatoes, salt, calcium chloride, citric acid), cooked pasta (semolina (wheat), water, egg whites), cooked zesty Italian sausage (pork, water, spices, salt, garlic powder), whole milk ricotta cheese (whey, cream, vinegar, salt), whole milk mozzarella cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), tomato puree, ground choice beef from chuck, cooked Italian sausage (pork, spices, water, salt, sugar, natural flavorings, paprika), Romano cheese (part skim cow's milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), caramelized onions (onions, canola oil), rice starch, spices, sugar, water, Parmesan cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), garlic, red wine, extra virgin olive oil, salt, cornstarch, spinach, onion.

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.
6 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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 27 meat lasagnas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 19th. 63% of the meat lasagnas 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 27 meat lasagnas, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0096619194117, last edited 9 June 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.