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Is Prego Roasted Garlic Parmesan ultra-processed?

24 oz Sauces Sold in the United States

Pack of Prego Roasted Garlic Parmesan

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:

  • 28 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed 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

Potassium 390mg NGREDIENTS 4% (tomato puree, water), tomato paste, onions, diced tomatoes in tomato juve s parmesan cheese (part-skim milk, cultures, salt, enzymes), CONTAINS LESS THAN 1% OF SAT Ea ROASTED GARLIC, pàrmesan cheese paste (granular, parmesan cheese, milk, cultures sat enzymes), water, salt, lactic acid, citric acid, citric acid, natural flavoríing, spices, campbell soup company, camden, NJ, ils.a, 08103-1701

Additives: E270 Lactic acid , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

4% Potassium 390mg NGREDIENTS: TOMATO PUREE (WATER, TOMATO PASTE), ONIONS, DICED TOMATOES IN TOMATO JUVE S PARMESAN CHEESE (PART-SKIM MILK, CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), CONTAINS LESS THAN 1% OF SAT Ea ROASTED GARLIC, PÀRMESAN CHEESE PASTE (GRANULAR AND PARMESAN CHEESE [MILK, CULTURES SAT ENZYMES), WATER, SALT, LACTIC ACID, CITRIC ACID), CITRIC ACID, NATURAL FLAVORÍING, SPICES, CONTAINS: MILK. CAMPBELL SOUP COMPANY, CAMDEN, NJ. ILS.A. 08103-1701 GLUTEN FREE

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,964 sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1145th. 60% of the 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 2,964 sauces, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0051000105462, last edited 27 October 2025), 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.