Is it ultra-processed?
Menu

Is Sainsbury's Pasta, spinach & pine nut ultra-processed?

Pasta dishes Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Sainsbury's Pasta, spinach & pine nut

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:

  • 17 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Cooked Pasta 69% (Water, Durum Wheat Semolina), Rapeseed Oil, Spinach 5%, Medium Fat Hard Cheese (Cows' Milk), Basil, Pine Nuts 2%, Sunflower Oil, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Pecorino Cheese (Sheep's Milk), Red Wine Vinegar, Salt, Garlic Puree, Black Pepper

As written on the pack

Cooked Pasta (69%) (Water, Durum Wheat Semolina), Rapeseed Oil, Spinach (5%), Medium Fat Hard Cheese* (Cows' Milk), Basil, Pine Nuts (2%), Sunflower Oil, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Pecorino Cheese* (Sheep's Milk), Red Wine Vinegar, Salt, Garlic Puree, Black Pepper.

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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

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 543 pasta dishes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 35th. 73% of the pasta dishes 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 543 pasta dishes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00272872, 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.