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Is Myprotein Beef Pasta Bolognese ultra-processed?

350 g Meat-based pasta sauces Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Myprotein Beef Pasta Bolognese

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:

  • 44 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed meat-based pasta 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

Cooked Conchiglie Pasta 33% (Water, Durum Wheat Semolina), Minced Beef 31%, Eatlean™ Cheese, Cherry Tomato 6%, Water, Spinach 4.5%, Passata, Chopped Tomatoes (Tomatoes, Tomato Juice), Tomato Paste, Onion, Carrot, Garlic Purée, Beef Stock (Yeast Extract, Beef Bone Stock, Water, Salt), Worcester Sauce (Water, White Vinegar, Sugar, Onion, Salt, Tamarind Paste, Barley Malt Extract, Garlic, Ground Ginger, Clove), Modified Maize Starch, Reduced Sodium Salt (Salt, Salt Replacers (Magnesium Chloride), Potassium Chloride), Basil, Oregano, Cracked Black Pepper, Yeast Extract, Xanthan Gum, Thyme

Additives: E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

Cooked Conchiglie Pasta (33%) (Water, Durum Wheat Semolina), Minced Beef (31%), Eatlean™ Cheese (Milk) (7%), Cherry Tomato (6%), Water, Spinach (4.5%), Passata, Chopped Tomatoes (Tomatoes, Tomato Juice), Tomato Paste, Onion, Carrot, Garlic Purée, Beef Stock (Yeast Extract (contains Barley), Beef Bone Stock, Water, Salt), Worcester Sauce (Water, White Vinegar, Sugar, Onion, Salt, Tamarind Paste, Barley Malt Extract, Garlic, Ground Ginger, Clove Powder), Modified Maize Starch, Reduced Sodium Salt (Salt, Salt Replacers: Magnesium Chloride, Potassium Chloride), Basil, Oregano, Cracked Black Pepper, Yeast Extract (contains Barley), Stabiliser: Xanthan Gum; Thyme.

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.

  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.
5 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.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 36 meat-based pasta sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 31st. 56% of the meat-based pasta 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 36 meat-based pasta sauces, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5010482925765, last edited 15 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.