Is Sainsbury's Lamb Moussaka ultra-processed?

400g Lamb meat Sold in the United Kingdom

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Butter
Salt
Sugar

46 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed lamb meat

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

Lamb 23%, Cows' Milk, Potato 13%, Aubergine 11%, Tomato, Double Cream 6% (Cows' Milk), Red Wine 4%, Tomato Purée, Onion, Cornflour, Regato Cheese 2% (Cows' Milk), Egg, Water, Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Butter (processing marker) (Cows' Milk), Lamb Stock (Water, Yeast Extract, Lamb, Lamb Fat, Salt (processing marker), Sugar (processing marker), Tomato Purée, Onion, Carrot, Garlic, Rosemary, Thyme), Garlic Purée, Mint, Salt (processing marker), Oregano, Cinnamon, Sugar (processing marker), Nutmeg, Black Pepper, Paprika, White Pepper

As written on the pack

Lamb (23%), Cows' Milk, Potato (13%), Aubergine (11%), Tomato, Double Cream (6%) (Cows' Milk), Red Wine (4%), Tomato Purée, Onion, Cornflour, Regato Cheese (2%) (Cows' Milk), Egg, Water, Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Butter (Cows' Milk), Lamb Stock (Water, Yeast Extract, Lamb Juices, Lamb Fat, Salt, Sugar, Tomato Purée, Onion, Carrot, Garlic Concentrate, Rosemary, Thyme), Garlic Purée, Mint, Salt, Oregano, Cinnamon, Sugar, Nutmeg, Black Pepper, Paprika, White 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.

Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 11 lamb meat

From least to most processed, this one ranks 6th. 45% of the lamb meat 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 11 lamb meat, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 01173321, last edited 21 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.