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Is Marks & Spencer Lasagne al forno ultra-processed?

1 pack (730 g) Meat lasagnas Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Marks & Spencer Lasagne al forno

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:

  • 32 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Beef 17%, Egg Pasta 14% (Durum Wheat Semolina, Water, Egg), Pork 13%, Whole Milk Red Wine 8%, Water Tomato Paste, Tomatoes 4%, Celery, Carrots Onions Smoked 1 Bacon 2% (Pork, Water, Curing Salt (Salt Preservative (Sodium Nitrite), Potassium Nitrate), e301), Medium Fat Hard Cheese, Mozzarella Cheese, Cornflour Balsamic Vinegar Broad Bean Flour, Double Cream, Salt, Tapioca Starch, Unsalted Butter, Rapeseed Oil, Garlic Purée Parmigiano Reggiano Cheese, Wheatflour, Basil Ground Spices (Black Pepper White Pepper, Nutmeg), Dried Oregano

Additives: E250 Sodium nitrite , E301 Sodium ascorbate

As written on the pack

Beef (17%) Cooked Egg Pasta (14%) (Durum Wheat Semolina (contains Gluten). Water. Pasteurised Egg) Pork (13%) Whole Milk Red Wine (8%) - Water Tomato Paste - Tomatoes (4%) · Celery - Carrots Onions Smoked 1 Bacon (2%) (Pork - Water - Curing Salt (Salt Preservative: Sodium Nitrite, Potassium Nitrate) Antioxidant: E301). Medium Fat Hard Cheese (Milk) Mozzarella Cheese (Milk) Cornflour Balsamic Vinegar Broad Bean Flour . Double Cream (Milk). Salt. Tapioca Starch - Unsalted Butter (Milk) Rapeseed Oil. Garlic Purée Parmigiano Reggiano Cheese (Milk). Wheatflour (contains Gluten). Basil Ground Spices (Black Pepper White Pepper. Nutmeg) Dried Oregano.

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.

  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

Preservation and traditional processing

Keep food safe or ferment it, like preservatives and cultures. A sign of processing, not ultra-processing.

  • E250 Sodium nitrite Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.

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 27 meat lasagnas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 9th. 63% of the meat lasagnas 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 27 meat lasagnas, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00295116, last edited 16 August 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.