Is Lean Cuisine SPINACH ARTICHOKE RAVIOLI in a parmesan sauce with vegetables ultra-processed?

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Pack of Lean Cuisine SPINACH ARTICHOKE RAVIOLI in a parmesan sauce with vegetables

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:

  • 69 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Sauce (processing marker), vegetables (skim milk), carrots, water, green beans, spinach, parmesan cheese (processing marker) (cultured milk, salt (processing marker), enzymes), romano cheese made from cow's milk (cultured milk, salt (processing marker), enzymes), cornstarch (processing marker), soybean oil (processing marker), butter (processing marker) (cream, salt (processing marker)), garlic, sugar (processing marker), sea salt (processing marker), celery, onions, mushroom, potassium chloride, onion, red peppers, spices, ravioli (spinach, artichoke ravioli, filling, spinach), ricotta (processing marker) (whey (ultra-processing marker), milk, cream, vinegar), artichokes, bread crumb (wheat flour, cane sugar (processing marker), yeast, salt (processing marker)), light cream, milk, low moisture part skim mozzarella cheese (processing marker) (part skim milk, salt (processing marker), enzymes), parmesan cheese (processing marker) (part skim milk, salt (processing marker), enzymes), and less of cornstarch 2%, garlic, rice starch (processing marker), water, wheat flour, salt (processing marker), black pepper, canola oil, brown sugar (processing marker), pasta (durum wheat flour, water, eggs)

As written on the pack

Sauce and vegetables: skim milk, carrots, water, green beans, spinach, parmesan cheese (cultured milk, salt, enzymes), romano cheese made from cow's milk (cultured milk, salt, enzymes), cornstarch, soybean oil, butter (cream, salt), garlic, sugar, sea salt, celery, onions, mushroom juice concentrate, potassium chloride, onion powder, dried red peppers, spices. cooked ravioli: spinach and artichoke ravioli (filling [spinach, low fat ricotta {whey, milk, cream, vinegar}, artichokes, bread crumb {wheat flour, cane sugar, yeast, salt}, light cream, milk, low moisture part skim mozzarella cheese {cultured part skim milk, salt, enzymes}, parmesan cheese {cultured part skim milk, salt, enzymes}, 2% or less of cornstarch, garlic, rice starch, water, wheat flour, salt, black pepper, canola oil, brown sugar], pasta [durum wheat flour, water, eggs]).

What makes it ultra-processed

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.
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.

  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • 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.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

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About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0013800558060, last edited 6 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.