Is Marks & Spencer Ricotta & Spinach Ravioli ultra-processed?

Fresh pasta Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Lactose

15 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score E

Less processed fresh pasta

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

Egg Pasta 37% (Wheatflour (Pasteurised Egg Durum Wheat Semolina)), Ricotta Cheese (processing marker), Spinach 12%, Whipping Cream (Milk), Lactose (ultra-processing marker), Unsalted Butter (processing marker), Wheatflour Semi-Skimmed Milk, Medium Fat Hard Cheese (processing marker), Salt (processing marker), Sunflower Oil (processing marker), Cornflour Yeast, Garlic

As written on the pack

Egg Pasta (37%) (Wheatflour: Pasteurised Egg Durum Wheat Semolina), Ricotta Cheese (Milk) (20%), Spinach (12%), Whipping Cream (Milk,) Lactose (Milk), Unsalted Butter (Milk), Wheatflour Semi-Skimmed Milk, Medium Fat Hard Cheese (Milk), Salt, Sunflower Oil, Cornflour Yeast, Garlic

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

5 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.
Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 22 fresh pasta

From least to most processed, this one ranks 12th. 50% of the fresh pasta 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 22 fresh pasta, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00428101, last edited 13 March 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 E (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.