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Is Napolina Potato Gnocchi ultra-processed?

500g Potato gnocchi Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Napolina Potato Gnocchi

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:

  • 13 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed potatoes and their products

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

potatoes 80% (water, potato flakes), wheat flour, potato starch, rice flour, salt, acidity regulator (lactic acid), preservative (sorbic acid), safflower, Allergens in bold

Additives: E200 Sorbic acid , E270 Lactic acid

As written on the pack

Rehydrated potatoes 80% (water, potato flakes), wheat flour, potato starch, rice flour, salt, acidity regulator: lactic acid, preservative: sorbic acid, safflower extract. Allergens in bold.

What makes it processed

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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

Preservation and traditional processing

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

How the NOVA groups work

Among 28 potato gnocchi

From least to most processed, this one ranks 8th. 68% of the potato gnocchi 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 28 potato gnocchi, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000232021427, last edited 21 May 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.