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Is Lidl Porcini Mushroom and Ricotta Tortelloni ultra-processed?

250 g Tortelloni Sold in the United Kingdom, France and 2 more countries

Pack of Lidl Porcini Mushroom and Ricotta Tortelloni

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
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed tortelloni

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

porcini mushroom filling 53% (porcini mushrooms 15%, plant fibres (chicory, bamboo), ricotta cheese 11%, mushrooms 9%, breadcrumbs (wheat flour, yeast, salt), mozzarella cheese 9%, mascarpone 8% (mascarpone cheese, citric acid), rice flour, rapeseed oil, onion, whey powder, white wine, iodised salt (salt, potassium iodate), parsley, lactose, natural flavourings, garlic powder, black pepper), egg pasta 47% (wheat flour, egg 30%, durum wheat semolina)

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

53% porcini mushroom filling (15% porcini mushrooms, plant fibres [chicory, bamboo], 11% ricotta cheese ( milk ), 9% mushrooms, breadcrumbs [ wheat flour, yeast, salt], 9% mozzarella cheese ( milk ), 8% mascarpone [mascarpone cheese ( milk ), acid: citric acid], rice flour, rapeseed oil, onion, whey powder ( milk ), white wine ( sulphites ), iodised salt [salt, potassium iodate], parsley, lactose ( milk ), natural flavourings (contain milk ), garlic powder, black pepper) , 47% egg pasta ( wheat flour, 30% egg , durum wheat semolina),

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.

  • Lactose Lactose is milk sugar, crystallised industrially from whey, a by-product of cheese making.
  • 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.
3 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.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 15 tortelloni

From least to most processed, this one ranks 12th. 87% of the tortelloni 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 15 tortelloni, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489009207, last edited 19 September 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.