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Is Morrisons Four Chees Tortelloni ultra-processed?

Fresh pasta Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Morrisons Four Chees Tortelloni

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 28 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

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

e Egg pasta with a four cheese filling, Ingredients Fresh egg pasta 58% (wheat flour, durum wheat semolina, egg, water), Ricotta cheese, Sunflower oil, Wheat flour, Whey powder, Water, Low fat cheese, Emmental cheese, Edam cheese, Potato starch, Grana Padano cheese, cheese, preservative (lysozyme), Gorgonzola cheese, Salt, Flavouring, Emulsifier (sodium citrates), Acidity regulator (citric acid), Yeast, including cereals containing gluten

Additives: E1105 Lysozyme , E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates

As written on the pack

300g e Egg pasta with a four cheese filling. Ingredients Fresh egg pasta (58%) (wheat flour, durum wheat semolina, egg, water), Ricotta cheese (milk) (10%), Sunflower oil, Wheat flour, Whey powder (milk), Water, Low fat cheese (milk) (3%), Emmental cheese (milk), Edam cheese (milk), Potato starch, Grana Padano cheese (cheese (milk), preservative (lysozyme (egg))), Gorgonzola cheese (milk), Salt, Flavouring (contains milk, barley), Emulsifier (sodium citrates), Acidity regulator (citric acid), Yeast. ALLERGY ADVICE For allergens, including cereals containing gluten,

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.

  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
6 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.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • 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 21st. 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 5010251595465, 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.