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Is Sainsbury's Prosciutto Cappelletti ultra-processed?

300g Stuffed pastas Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Sainsbury's Prosciutto Cappelletti

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:

  • 39 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed stuffed pastas

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

Fresh Egg Pasta (Durum Wheat Semolina, Egg 11%, Water), Prosciutto Ham 12% (Pork, Salt, Preservative (Potassium Nitrate)), Mcrtadella 7% (Pork Meat, Pork Fat, Pork Rind, Rice Flour, Salt, Spices (Pepper, Garlic, Coriander)), Potato Flakes (Potato, mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids), Cooked Ham 5% (Pork, Salt, Dextrose, Spices (Garlic, Rosemary), Stabiliser (Polyphosphates), Antioxidant (Sodium Ascorbate), Preservative (Sodium Nitrite)), Hard Cheese (Cows' Milk), Salt, Black Pepper

Additives: E250 Sodium nitrite , E252 Potassium nitrate , E301 Sodium ascorbate , E452 Polyphosphates , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

As written on the pack

Fresh Egg Pasta (Durum Wheat Semolina, Pasteurised Egg (11%), Water), Prosciutto Ham (12%) (Pork, Salt, Preservative: Potassium Nitrate), Mcrtadella (7%) (Pork Meat, Pork Fat, Pork Rind, Rice Flour, Salt, Spices (Pepper, Garlic, Coriander)), Potato Flakes (Potato, Mono - and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids), Smoked Cooked Ham (5%) (Pork, Salt, Dextrose, Spices (Garlic, Rosemary), Stabiliser: Polyphosphates; Antioxidant: Sodium Ascorbate; Preservative: Sodium Nitrite), Grated Hard Cheese (Cows' Milk) (3.5%), Salt, Black Pepper.

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.

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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
6 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.

  • E250 Sodium nitrite Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • E252 Potassium nitrate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 148 stuffed pastas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 136th. 76% of the stuffed pastas 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 148 stuffed pastas, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00336703, last edited 5 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.