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Is Sainsbury's Beef Lasange ultra-processed?

Bolognese lasagne Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Sainsbury's Beef Lasange

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

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

Whole foods combined with:

  • 39 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

British Beef 23%, Cows' Milk, Cooked Lasagne Pasta (Durum Wheat Semolina, Water, Egg), Water, Tomato Passata, Tomato, Red Wine 4.5%, Carrot, Onion, Mushroom, Tomato Purée, Mature Cheddar Cheese 2% (Cows' Milk), Cornflour, Single Cream (Cows' Milk), Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Garlic Purée, Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Balsamic Vinegar (Red Wine Vinegar, White Wine Vinegar, Grape Must), Sugar, Rosemary, Oregano, Black Pepper, Nutmeg, White Pepper, Bay Leaf

As written on the pack

British Beef (23%), Whole Cows' Milk, Cooked Lasagne Pasta (Durum Wheat Semolina, Water, Egg), Water, Tomato Passata, Tomato, Red Wine (4.5%), Carrot, Onion, Mushroom, Tomato Purée, Mature Cheddar Cheese (2%) (Cows' Milk), Cornflour, Single Cream (Cows' Milk), Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Garlic Purée, Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Balsamic Vinegar (Red Wine Vinegar, White Wine Vinegar, Grape Must Concentrate), Sugar, Rosemary, Oregano, Black Pepper, Nutmeg, White Pepper, Bay Leaf.

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 22 bolognese lasagne

From least to most processed, this one ranks 6th. 64% of the bolognese 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 22 bolognese lasagne, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00457910, last edited 1 July 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.