Is Sainsbury's Pesto & Goats' Cheese Tortelloni ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 29 ingredients
- 2 additives
- Nutri-Score B
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Fresh Egg Pasta 56% (Wheat Flour, Barn Egg 20%, Durum Wheat Semolina, Water), Basil Paste 11% (Basil, Sunflower Oil (processing marker), Salt (processing marker), Antioxidant (Ascorbic Acid)), Goats Cheese (processing marker) 8% (Goats' Milk), Breadcrumbs (Wheat Flour, Water, Salt (processing marker), Yeast), Ricotta Cheese (processing marker) (Cows' Milk), Lactose (ultra-processing marker) (Cows' Milk), Corn Fibre (ultra-processing marker), Basil 3%, Potato Flakes (Potato, Emulsifier (ultra-processing marker) (mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids (ultra-processing marker))), Flavourings (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids
As written on the pack
Fresh Egg Pasta (56%) (Wheat Flour, Pasteurised Barn Egg (20%), Durum Wheat Semolina, Water), Basil Paste (11%) (Basil, Sunflower Oil, Salt, Antioxidant: Ascorbic Acid), Goats Cheese (8%) (Goats' Milk), Breadcrumbs (Wheat Flour, Water, Salt, Yeast), Ricotta Cheese (Cows' Milk), Lactose (Cows' Milk), Corn Fibre, Basil (3.0%), Potato Flakes (Potato, Emulsifier: Mono - and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids), Flavourings (contains Milk).
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.
- E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
- Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
Substances rarely used in home kitchens
Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.
- Lactose Lactose is milk sugar, crystallised industrially from whey, a by-product of cheese making.
- Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
4 ingredients that would only make it processed
Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.
- Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
- Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.
Among 149 stuffed pastas
From least to most processed, this one ranks 142nd. 76% of the stuffed pastas here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00336727, 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.