Is Lidl Tomato & Mascarpone Pasta Sauce ultra-processed?

Pasta sauces Sold in the United Kingdom

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Sugar
Vegetable oil
Cheese

15 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score C

Less processed pasta sauces

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

chopped tomatoes 40%, Double 17%, Concentrated Tomato Purée, Water, Mascarpone Che 12% (Cream, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid)), Cream 3% Pecorino Romano D.O.P, Cheese (processing marker), Sheep's Milk On Olive Oil, Extra Virgin Olive Oil (processing marker), Sugar (processing marker), Garlic, Basil Sal ergy Advice

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

40% chopped tomatoes, 17% Double- Concentrated Tomato Purée, Water, 12% Mascarpone Che (Cream (Milk), Acidity Regulator: Citric Acid), Cream 3% Pecorino Romano D.O.P. Cheese (Sheep's Milk On Olive Oil, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Sugar, Garlic, Basil Sal ergy Advice

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 317 pasta sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 132nd. 49% of the pasta sauces 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 317 pasta sauces, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4335619127968, last edited 1 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.