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Is Newgate Tomato and Herb flavour pasta snack shots ultra-processed?

64g Durum wheat pasta Sold in the United Kingdom and Ireland

Pack of Newgate Tomato and Herb flavour pasta snack shots

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:

  • 30 ingredients
  • 11 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed durum wheat 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

dried pasta 65% (durum wheat semolina), tomato, potato starch, dried glucose syrup, palm oil, salt, maltodextrin, flavourings, onion, emulsifiers (sodium polyphosphate), trisodium phosphate, colour (paprika extract), milk protein, stabilisers (dipotassium phosphate), trisodium citrate, dried basil, parsley, fortified wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), whey powder, sugar, allergy adule

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E170 Calcium carbonates , E170i Calcium carbonate , E331 Sodium citrates , E331iii Trisodium citrate , E339 Sodium phosphates , E339iii Trisodium phosphate , E340 Potassium phosphates , E340ii Dipotassium phosphate , E452 Polyphosphates , E452i Sodium polyphosphate

As written on the pack

65% dried pasta (durum wheat semolina), tomato powder, potato starch, dried glucose syrup, palm oil, salt, maltodextrin, flavourings (contains celery), onion powder, emulsifiers: sodium polyphosphate, trisodium phosphate, colour: paprika extract, milk protein, stabilisers: dipotassium phosphate, trisodium citrate, dried basil, dried parsley, fortified wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), whey powder (milk), sugar, allergy adule

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.

  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • E170 Calcium carbonates Calcium carbonate is chalk.
  • E452 Polyphosphates Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • 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.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
  • Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
  • 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.
3 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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 126 durum wheat pasta

From least to most processed, this one ranks 126th. 6% of the durum wheat 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 126 durum wheat pasta, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489107521, 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.