Is Rana Tortelloni Melanzane, Pomodoro e Mozzarella ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 39 ingredients
- No additives
- Nutri-Score B
Less processed tortelloni
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Filling, aubergines 12% (aubergine, sunflower oil (processing marker)), mozzarella cheese (processing marker) 8.5% (from milk), chopped tomatoes 5.8%, tomato concentrate 4.7%, mascarpone cheese (processing marker) (from milk), ricotta cheese (processing marker) (whey (ultra-processing marker), milk, milk cream, salt (processing marker)), vegetable fibres (ultra-processing marker) (corn, potato), full fat hard cheese (from milk), breadcrumbs (soft wheat flour, water, salt (processing marker), yeast), whey powder (ultra-processing marker) (from milk), natural flavourings (ultra-processing marker), starches (processing marker) (from pea, potato, corn), basil 0.5%, salt (processing marker), garlic, Pasta 47% (soft wheat flour, eggs 30%, durum wheat semolina)
As written on the pack
Filling (fried aubergines 12% (aubergine, sunflower oil), mozzarella cheese (from milk) 8.5%, chopped tomatoes 5.8%, tomato concentrate 4.7%, mascarpone cheese (from milk), ricotta cheese (whey (milk), milk, milk cream, salt), vegetable fibres (corn and potato), full fat hard cheese (from milk), breadcrumbs (soft wheat flour, water, salt, yeast), whey powder (from milk), natural flavourings, starches (from pea, potato and corn), basil 0.5%, salt, garlic), Pasta 47% (soft wheat flour, eggs 30%, durum wheat semolina) May contain nuts, mustard, soybeans, celery.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
5 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.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
- Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.
Among 15 tortelloni
From least to most processed, this one ranks 9th. 87% of the tortelloni here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8001665726269, last edited 2 April 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 B (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.