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Is Knorr Pasta Snack Pot - Carbonara ultra-processed?

63g Carbonara-style pasta Sold in Sweden, Denmark and Germany

Pack of Knorr Pasta Snack Pot - Carbonara

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:

  • 32 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed carbonara-style pasta

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

Pasta 61% (durumvetemjöl, vetemjöl), stärkelse, skummjölkspulver, ostpulver 5.2% (OST, vassleprodukt), solrosolja, grädde 2.8%, bacon 2.1%, sidfläsk, salt, natriumnitrit, glukossirap, aromer, mjölksocker, joderat salt, kaliumklorid, socker, gräslök, salt, baconfett (sidfläsk, salt, rök), naturlig arom, naturlig arom, mjölkprotein, lök, jästextrakt, gurkmeja

Additives: E250 Sodium nitrite , E508 Potassium chloride

As written on the pack

Pasta 61 % (DURUMVETEMJÖL, VETEMJÖL), stärkelse, SKUMMJÖLKSPULVER, OSTPULVER 5.2%, (OST, vassleprodukt (MJÖLK)), solrosolja, GRÄDDE 2,8 %, baconbitar 2,1 % (rökt sidfläsk, salt,stabilisator (natriumnitrit), glukossirap, aromer (innehåller MJÖLK), MJÖLKSOCKER, joderat salt, kaliumklorid, socker, gräslök, salt, baconfett (rökt sidfläsk, salt, rök), naturlig arom, naturlig arom, MJÖLKPROTEIN, lök, jästextrakt, gurkmeja.

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.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Lactose Lactose is milk sugar, crystallised industrially from whey, a by-product of cheese making.
  • Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
  • 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.
  • Whey product An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
8 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.

  • E250 Sodium nitrite Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • 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.
  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 11 carbonara-style pasta

From least to most processed, this one ranks 10th. 55% of the carbonara-style pasta 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 11 carbonara-style pasta, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8711327416215, last edited 3 October 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.