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Is Morrisons spinach and pine nut pasta ultra-processed?

230g Prepared salads Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Morrisons spinach and pine nut pasta

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:

  • 41 ingredients
  • 4 additives

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

e Cooked pasta with basil oil, spinach, pine nuts, Regato, Grana Padano, Parmesan cheeses, Ingredients Cooked pasta 68% (water, durum wheat semolina), Basil, Rapeseed oil, Water, Spinach 3%, White wine vinegar, Sunflower oil, Sugar, Regato cheese, Grana Padano cheese (cheese, preservative (egg lysozyme)), Pine nuts, Parmigiano Reggiano cheese, Salt, Cornflour, Garlic purée, Dijon mustard (water, mustard seed, spirit vinegar, salt), concentrated lemon juice (concentrated lemon juice, preservative (potassium metabisulphite)), Preservative (potassium sorbate), Black pepper, Antioxidant (ascorbic acid), including cereals containing gluten

Additives: E1105 Lysozyme , E202 Potassium sorbate , E224 Potassium metabisulphite , E300 Ascorbic acid

As written on the pack

230g e Cooked pasta with basil oil, spinach, pine nuts and Regato, Grana Padano and Parmesan cheeses. Ingredients Cooked pasta (68%) (water, durum wheat semolina), Basil, Rapeseed oil, Water, Spinach (3%), White wine vinegar, Sunflower oil, Sugar, Regato cheese (milk), Grana Padano cheese (cheese (milk), preservative (egg lysozyme)), Pine nuts, Parmigiano Reggiano cheese (milk), Salt, Cornflour, Garlic purée, Dijon mustard (water, mustard seed, spirit vinegar, salt), concentrated lemon juice (concentrated lemon juice, preservative (potassium metabisulphite)), Preservative (potassium sorbate), Black pepper, Antioxidant (ascorbic acid). ALLERGY ADVICE For allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold. May also contain nuts and peanuts.

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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

Preservation and traditional processing

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

  • E202 Potassium sorbate 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.

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 224 prepared salads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 89th. 60% of the prepared salads 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 224 prepared salads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 09020139, last edited 1 June 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.