Is Rana Classic Italian Recipe Kit Tagliatelle Carbonara ultra-processed?

Pasta dishes Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
Vegetable fiber

48 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score D

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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

Water, cream 17% (from milk), smoked bacon 8.5% (pork meat, salt (processing marker), natural flavourings (ultra-processing marker)), starches (processing marker) (from corn, potato), corn fibre (ultra-processing marker), onion, skimmed milk powder (processing marker), natural flavourings (ultra-processing marker) (contain wheat), salt (processing marker), cheese (processing marker) 0.5% (from milk), egg yolk 0.5%, black pepper 0.1%, furmeric, Fresh egg pasta, Ingredients (durum wheat semolina), eggs 18%, water, Product packaged in a protective atmosphere, p.d.o, Parmigiano Reggiano cheese (processing marker), Ingredients, salt (processing marker), rennet, Product packaged in a protective atmosphere, use by (see the date on the back of the package, Keep refrigerated at + 4, 6°C, Once opened keep refrigerated and consume within 1 day, The purpose of the picture is solely to Illustrate the product, p.d.o), Protected Designation of, Pastificio RANAS.p.A, 25.37057-San Giovanni Lupatoto (VR), Italia, FSC MIX Packaging | Supporting responsible forestry FSC C115580 Typica Energ Fat of which Carboh of which Fibre Protein Salt This pack co Comments, q write to our C Admiral House St.Leonards Ro Windsor, SL4 3 and head to rana

As written on the pack

Water, cream (from milk) 17%, smoked bacon 8.5% (pork meat, salt, natural flavourings), starches (from corn and potato), corn fibre, onion, skimmed milk powder, natural flavourings (contain wheat), salt, grated cheese (from milk) 0.5%, egg yolk 0.5%, black pepper 0.1%, furmeric. Fresh egg pasta 100g. Ingredients: durum wheat semolina, eggs 18%, water. Product packaged in a protective atmosphere. *P.D.O. Parmigiano Reggiano cheese 7g. Ingredients: milk, salt, rennet. Product packaged in a protective atmosphere. ALLERGY ADVICE: see ingredients in bold. May contain nuts, fish, crustaceans, molluscs, mustard, soybeans, celery. USE BY: see the date on the back of the package. Keep refrigerated at + 4/6°C. Once opened keep refrigerated and consume within 1 day. The purpose of the picture is solely to Illustrate the product. P.D.O.: Protected Designation of Origin. Pastificio RANAS.p.A. 25.37057-San Giovanni Lupatoto (VR), Italia. FSC MIX Packaging | Supporting responsible forestry FSC C115580 Typica Energ Fat of which Carboh of which Fibre Protein Salt This pack co Comments, q write to our C Admiral House St.Leonards Ro Windsor, SL4 3 or head to rana.

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.

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.

Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.

6 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.
Meal kits Products in the category "Meal kits" are at least group 3.
Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.
Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 544 pasta dishes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 279th. 72% of the pasta dishes 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.

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About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8001665722889, 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 D (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.