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Is Roasted vegetable lasagne ultra-processed?

Vegetarian lasagne Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Roasted vegetable lasagne

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:

  • 49 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed vegetarian lasagne

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

Cows' Milk, Cooked Lasagne Pasta (Durum Wheat Semolina, Water, Egg), Water, Vegetables 7% (Red Pepper, Yellow Pepper, Courgette), Mushroom 7%, Red Wine 5%, Tomato, Cows' Milk, Onion, Carrot, Single Cream (Cows' Milk), Cornflour, Lentils, Passata, Extra Mature Cheddar Cheese (Cows' Milk), Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Regato Cheese (Cows' Milk), Rapeseed Oil, Garlic Purée, Mozzarella Cheese (Cows' Milk), Demerara Sugar, Mushroom Stock (Mushroom, Cornflour, Salt, Rapeseed Oil), Tomato Purée, Salt, Basil, Yeast Extract, Colour (Plain Caramel), Black Pepper, White Pepper

Additives: E150a Plain caramel

As written on the pack

Skimmed Cows' Milk, Cooked Lasagne Pasta (Durum Wheat Semolina, Water, Egg), Water, Roasted Vegetables (7%) (Red Pepper, Yellow Pepper, Courgette), Mushroom (7%), Red Wine (5%) (Sulphites), Tomato, Whole Cows' Milk, Onion, Carrot, Single Cream (Cows' Milk), Cornflour, Lentils, Passata, Extra Mature Cheddar Cheese (Cows' Milk), Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Regato Cheese (Cows' Milk), Rapeseed Oil, Garlic Purée, Mozzarella Cheese (Cows' Milk), Demerara Sugar, Mushroom Stock (Mushroom Concentrate, Cornflour, Salt, Rapeseed Oil), Tomato Purée, Salt, Basil, Yeast Extract, Colour: Plain Caramel; Black Pepper, White Pepper.

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.

  • E150a Plain caramel Plain caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
4 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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 10 vegetarian lasagne

From least to most processed, this one ranks 5th. 80% of the vegetarian lasagne 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 10 vegetarian lasagne, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00440479, 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.