Is Prego Traditional ultra-processed?

45 oz Pasta sauces Sold in the United States and France

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Sugar

15 ingredients
1 additive

Less processed pasta sauces

Steel Cut Oats Quick Millville 1 ingredient · no additives NOVA group 1
Low Sodium Marinara Michaels of Brooklyn 7 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 1
Arrabbiata Sauce Michaels of Brooklyn 7 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 1
Mr Ridiculously Good's Smooth Tomato Bolognese Heinz 15 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 1

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 (water, tomato paste), diced tomatoes in tomato juice, sugar (processing marker), contains less than 1% of (salt (processing marker)), canola oil, dried onions, dried garlic, spices, basil, citric acid, onion extract, garlic extract

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

tomato puree (water, tomato paste), diced tomatoes in tomato juice, sugar, contains less than 1% of: salt, canola oil, dried onions, dried garlic, spices, basil, citric acid, onion extract, garlic extract.

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.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 317 pasta sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 133rd. 49% of the 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 317 pasta sauces, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0051000269775, last edited 20 August 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.
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.