Is Rana Ravioli ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 40 ingredients
- No additives
- Nutri-Score C
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Filling 58% (butternut squash 40%), butter (processing marker) (from milk), ricotta cheese (processing marker) (from milk), red onion 6% (red onion, sugar (processing marker), apple cider vinegar, balsamic vinegar), vegetable fibres (ultra-processing marker) (corn, wheat), cheese (processing marker) (from milk), mascarpone cheese (processing marker) (from milk), breadcrumbs (soft wheat flour, water, salt (processing marker), yeast), cream (from milk), sunflower oil (processing marker), lactose (ultra-processing marker) (from milk), garlic, corn starch (processing marker), salt (processing marker), natural flavourings (ultra-processing marker), sage 1%, onion 0.4%, black pepper, nutmeg, Pasta 42% (soft wheat flour), eggs 30%, durum wheat semolina
As written on the pack
Filling 58%: butternut squash 40%, butter (from milk), ricotta cheese (from milk), caramelised red onion 6% (red onion, sugar, apple cider vinegar, balsamic vinegar), vegetable fibres (corn and wheat), grated cheese (from milk), mascarpone cheese (from milk), breadcrumbs (soft wheat flour, water, salt, yeast), cream (from milk), sunflower oil, lactose (from milk), roasted garlic, corn starch, salt, natural flavourings, sage 1%, roasted onion 0.4%, black pepper, nutmeg. Pasta 42%: soft wheat flour, eggs 30%, durum wheat semolina. ALLERGY ADVICE:
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.
- Lactose Lactose is milk sugar, crystallised industrially from whey, a by-product of cheese making.
- 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.
7 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.
- Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
- 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.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
- Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.
Among 148 stuffed pastas
From least to most processed, this one ranks 115th. 76% of the stuffed pastas here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8001665729987, last edited 28 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.