Is Sainsbury's Flourish Roast Butternut Squash Risotto ultra-processed?

350g Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Sainsbury's Flourish Roast Butternut Squash Risotto

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:

  • 32 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Cooked Risotto, Quinoa (Water, Risotto Rice, Onion, Yellow Split Peas, Quinoa, Chive, Garlic Purée), Butternut Squash 21%, Cabbage 11%, Water, Carrot, Onion, White Wine 3%, Kale 1.5%, Cows' Milk, Cornflour, Garlic Purée, Regato Cheese (Cows' Milk), Lemon Juice, Double Cream (Cows' Milk), Salt (processing marker), Parsley, Rapeseed Oil, Thyme, Rosemary, White Pepper, Nutmeg, Black Pepper

As written on the pack

Cooked Risotto & Quinoa (Water, Risotto Rice, Onion, Yellow Split Peas, Quinoa, Chive, Garlic Purée), Butternut Squash (21%), Cabbage (11%), Water, Carrot, Onion, White Wine (3%), Kale (1.5%), Skimmed Cows' Milk, Cornflour, Garlic Purée, Regato Cheese (Cows' Milk), Lemon Juice, Double Cream (Cows' Milk), Salt, Parsley, Rapeseed Oil, Thyme, Rosemary, White Pepper, Nutmeg, Black Pepper.

What makes it processed

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.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00482974, 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.