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Is M&S Food Tomato and Mozzarella Pasta Bake ultra-processed?

400 g Microwave meals Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of M&S Food Tomato and Mozzarella Pasta Bake

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:

  • 18 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Tomatoes, Cooked Pasta (Durum Wheat Semolina, Water), Mozzarella Cheese, Rapeseed Oil, Onions, Basil, Garlic Purée, Medium Fat Hard Cheese, Cornflour, Salt, Spinach, Oregano, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Toasted Pine Kernels, Coarse Black Pepper, Garlic Purée

As written on the pack

Tomatoes, Cooked Pasta (Durum Wheat Semolina, Water), Mozzarella Cheese (Milk), Rapeseed Oil, Onions, Basil, Garlic Purée, Medium Fat Hard Cheese (Milk), Cornflour, Salt, Spinach, Oregano, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Toasted Pine Kernels, Coarse Black Pepper, Roasted Garlic Purée.

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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

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 30th. 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 29344048, last edited 25 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.