Is Marks & Spencers Beef lasagna ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 36 ingredients
- 4 additives
- Nutri-Score C
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Minced Beef 30%, Semi-Skimmed Milk, Egg Pasta 12% (Durum Wheat, Semolina, Water, Egg), Chianti Wine 6%, Tomatoes 4%, Extra Mature Cheddar Cheese (processing marker), Tomato Paste, Onions, Smoked Pancetta 2.5%, Pork Curing Salt (Salt Preservative (Sodium Nitrite (processing marker)), Potassium Nitrate (processing marker)), Spices (Black Pepper Cassia (Sweet Cinnamon), Cloves Coriander Dill Ginger Nutmeg), Antioxidant (e301) Grana Padano Cheese 2%, Grana Padano Cheese (processing marker), Preservative (processing marker)), Lysozyme, Carrots Cornflour, Celery, Balsamic Vinegar Single Cream, Broad Bean Flour, Unsalted Butter (processing marker), Garlic Purée Wheatflour (contains e Gluten), Salt Thyme Parsley Dried Mustard Ground Spices (White Pepper Nutmeg Turmeric Allspice), g
Additives: E1105 Lysozyme , E250 Sodium nitrite , E252 Potassium nitrate , E301 Sodium ascorbate
As written on the pack
Minced Beef (30% ), Semi-Skimmed Milk, Cooked Egg Pasta (12%) (Durum Wheat ,Semolina (contains Gluten) Water, Pasteurised Egg), Chianti Wine (6%), Tomatoes (4%), Extra Mature Cheddar Cheese (Milk) (3%), Tomato Paste, Onions, Smoked Pancetta (2.5%) (Pork Curing Salt (Salt Preservative : Sodium Nitrite, Potassium Nitrate) ,Ground Spices (Black Pepper Cassia (Sweet Cinnamon) Cloves Coriander Dill Ginger Nutmeg) - Antioxidant: E301) Grana Padano Cheese (2%) (Grana Padano Cheese (Milk) Preservative: Lysozyme (Egg)) Carrots Cornflour - Celery - Balsamic Vinegar Single Cream (Milk) Broad Bean Flour - Unsalted Butter (Milk) Garlic Purée Wheatflour (contains e Gluten) Salt Thyme Parsley Dried Mustard Ground Spices (White Pepper Nutmeg Turmeric Allspice). g • For allergens see ingredients in bold.
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.
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.
- E252 Potassium nitrate 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.
- Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 29149339, last edited 27 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 C (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.