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Is Sainsbury's Gnocchi Small Potato Dumplings ultra-processed?

500 g Potato gnocchi Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Sainsbury's Gnocchi Small Potato Dumplings

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:

  • 13 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed potato gnocchi

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

Water, Potato Flakes 20% (Potato, Turmeric, Flavouring), Wheat Flour, Cornflour, Durum Wheat Semolina, Salt, Flavouring (Cows' Milk), Citric Acid, Sorbic Acid

Additives: E200 Sorbic acid , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Water, Potato Flakes (20%) (Dehydrated Potato, Turmeric, Flavouring), Wheat Flour, Cornflour, Durum Wheat Semolina, Salt, Flavouring (Cows' Milk), Acidity Regulator: Citric Acid, Preservative: Sorbic Acid.

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.
1 ingredient that would only make it processed

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

Among 28 potato gnocchi

From least to most processed, this one ranks 18th. 68% of the potato gnocchi 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 28 potato gnocchi, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00636186, last edited 26 August 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.