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Is Little Dish Spaghetti & Meatballs ultra-processed?

Microwave meals Sold in the United Kingdom

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 29 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Tomato 22%, Spaghetti 22%, Beef Meatballs 14%, Spaghetti contains (Water), Durum Wheat, או ובעוטארס Cornflour, Rapeseed Oil, Herbs, F Yeast Extract, Garlic Purée, Sunflower Oil, Spices, Beef Stock contains (Water), Beef Extract, Salt, Beef Meatballs contain (Beef), Paprika, Dietary Fibre, Potato Starch, Onion, Apple Extract, Water, Herbs, Spices, Rice Flour, Rice

As written on the pack

Tomato (22%), Cooked Spaghetti (22%)* Beef Meatballs(14%)*Cooked Spaghetti contains: Water, Durum Wheat. או ובעוטארס Cornflour, Rapeseed Oil, Herbs, F Yeast Extract, Garlic Purée, Sunflower Oil, Spices. **Beef Stock contains: Water, Beef Extract, Salt. ***Beef Meatballs contain: Beef (78%), Paprika, Dietary Fibre, Potato Starch, Onion, Apple Extract, Water, Herbs, Spices, Rice Flour, Rice,

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 351 microwave meals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 54th. 72% of the microwave meals 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 351 microwave meals, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060121673847, last edited 17 April 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.