Is Marks & Spencers Rich British Beef Lasagne ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 48 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 (processing marker), Sodium Nitrite (processing marker), Potassium Nitrate (processing marker)), Spices (Black Pepper, Cassia (Sweet Cinnamon), Cloves, Coriander, Dill, Ginger, Nutmeg), e301, Grana Padano Cheese (processing marker) 2% (Grana Padano Cheese, Lysozyme), Carrots, Cornflour, Celery, Balsamic Vinegar, Single Cream, Broad Bean Flourm, Unsalted Butter (processing marker), Garlic Purée, Wheatflour, Salt (processing marker), Thyme, Parsley, Mustard, Spices (White Pepper, Nutmeg, Turmeric, Allspice)
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 Flourm, Unsalted Butter (Milk), Garlic Purée, Wheatflour (contains Gluten), Salt, Thyme, Parsley, Dried Mustard, Ground Spices (White Pepper, Nutmeg, Turmeric, Allspice)
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.
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.
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.
Among 22 bolognese lasagne
From least to most processed, this one ranks 8th. 64% of the bolognese lasagne here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 29161867, last edited 4 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 C (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.