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Is Lean Cuisine RICOTTA CHEESE & SPINACH RAVIOLI in a tomato garlic sauce ultra-processed?

8 oz Stuffed pastas Sold in the United States

Pack of Lean Cuisine RICOTTA CHEESE & SPINACH RAVIOLI in a tomato garlic sauce

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:

  • 57 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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

Cheese, spinach ravioli (durum wheat flour, water, ricotta cheese (skim milk, milkfat, tapioca starch, whey protein, non-fat dry milk, xanthan gum, carrageenan gum, lactic acid), spinach, romano cheese (cow's milk, salt, cheese cultures, enzymes), part-skim mozzarella cheese (part-skim milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), eggs, less than 2% of garlic, onions, lemon juice (water, lemon juice concentrate, lemon juice), sea salt, bread crumbs (wheat flour, sugar, yeast, salt), spice), tomato puree (water, tomato paste), water, spinach, tomatoes, and less of brown sugar 2%, parmesan cheese (cultured milk, salt, enzymes), onions, extra virgin olive oil, garlic puree, sea salt, waxy rice starch, basil, dried onions, spices

Additives: E270 Lactic acid , E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

Cheese and spinach ravioli (organic durum wheat flour, water, organic ricotta cheese [organic skim milk, organic milkfat, organic tapioca starch, organic whey protein concentrate, organic cultured non-fat dry milk, xanthan gum, carrageenan gum, lactic acid], spinach, organic romano cheese [organic cow's milk, salt, cheese cultures, enzymes], part-skim mozzarella cheese [part-skim milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], organic eggs, less than 2% of garlic, onions, lemon juice [water, lemon juice concentrate, lemon juice], sea salt, bread crumbs [wheat flour, sugar, yeast, salt], spice), organic tomato puree (water, organic tomato paste), water, spinach, organic tomatoes, 2% or less of brown sugar, parmesan cheese (cultured milk, salt, enzymes), organic onions, organic extra virgin olive oil, organic garlic puree, sea salt, waxy rice starch, basil, dried onions, spices.

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.

  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.

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.

  • Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
7 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.
  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 149 stuffed pastas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 98th. 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 0013800930521, last edited 26 July 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.