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Is Rao's Chicken Parmesan With Spaghetti ultra-processed?

8.5 oz (241 g) Meals with chicken Sold in the United States

Pack of Rao's Chicken Parmesan With Spaghetti

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 44 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Italian Tomatoes (Italian Tomatoes, Tomato Puree), Chicken Breast, Water, Pasta (Durum Semolina), Soybean Oil, Cracker Crumbs (Wheat Flour, Garlic, Parmesan, Romano Cheese (Cow's Milk, Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Salt, Spices, Parsley, Unsalted Butter, Cream, Natural Flavor), Natural Flavor, Mozzarella Cheese (Milk, Cheese Culture, Salt, Enzymes), Onion, Egg, Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour), Salt, Parmesan Cheese (Cow's Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Olive Oil, Food Starch, Garlic, Spices

As written on the pack

Italian Tomatoes (Italian Tomatoes, Tomato Puree), Chicken Breast, Water, Pasta (Durum Semolina), Soybean Oil, Cracker Crumbs (Wheat Flour, Garlic Powder, Parmesan and Romano Cheese [Cow's Milk, Cultures, Salt, Enzymes]. Salt, Spices, Dehydrated Parsley, Unsalted Butter [Pasteurized Cream, Natural Flavor), Natural Flavor), Mozzarella Cheese (Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Culture, Salt, Enzymes), Onion, Egg, Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour), Salt, Parmesan Cheese (Pasteurized Part-Skim Cow's Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes). Olive Oil, Food Starch, Garlic, Spices. CONTAINS: MILK, EGG, WHEAT

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.
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.
  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 213 meals with chicken

From least to most processed, this one ranks 61st. 79% of the meals with chicken 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 213 meals with chicken, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0747479300056, last edited 9 June 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.