Is Mutti Parma Vegan Bolognese with Pea Protein ultra-processed?

400g Bolognese sauces Sold in the United Kingdom and Germany

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
Vegetable fiber

25 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score C

Less processed bolognese sauces

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

Tomato Puree 31.6%, Rehydrated Yellow Pea Protein 18% (Water, Yellow Pea Protein 6%), Tomato Paste 12%, Water, Olive Oil (processing marker), Onion 8%, Carrot 6%, Shallot 1.5%, Natural Flavourings (ultra-processing marker), Purple Carrot 1%, Vegetable Fibre (ultra-processing marker) (Pea, Potato, Psyllium, Bamboo, Flaxseed), Salt (processing marker), Laurel 0.13%, Rosemary, Antioxidant (Rosemary Extract), Black Pepper, Cloves

Additives: E392 Extracts of rosemary

As written on the pack

Tomato Puree 31.6%, Rehydrated Yellow Pea Protein 18% (Water, Yellow Pea Protein 6%), Tomato Paste 12%, Water, Olive Oil, Onion 8%, Carrot 6%, Shallot 1.5%, Natural Flavourings, Purple Carrot 1%, Vegetable Fibre (Pea, Potato, Psyllium, Bamboo, Flaxseed), Salt, Laurel 0.13%, Rosemary, Antioxidant: Rosemary Extract, Black Pepper, Cloves

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.

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.

Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.

2 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.

Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 32 bolognese sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 29th. 50% of the bolognese sauces 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 32 bolognese sauces, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8005110003813, last edited 26 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.