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Is Sainsbury's Spaghetti bolognese ultra-processed?

Spaghetti Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Sainsbury's Spaghetti bolognese

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:

  • 24 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed spaghetti

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

Cooked Spaghetti Pasta (Water, Durum Wheat Semolina), British Beef 20%, Tomato, Water, Onion, Mushroom, Red Wine 3%, Tomato Purée, Carrot, Cornflour, Garlic Purée, Sugar, Beef Stock (Water, Beef Extract, Salt, Yeast Extract), Salt, Rapeseed Oil, Oregano, Black Pepper, Rosemary

As written on the pack

Cooked Spaghetti Pasta (Water, Durum Wheat Semolina), British Beef (20%), Tomato, Water, Onion, Mushroom, Red Wine (3%), Tomato Purée, Carrot, Cornflour, Garlic Purée, Sugar, Beef Stock (Water, Beef Extract, Salt, Yeast Extract), Salt, Rapeseed Oil, Oregano, Black Pepper, Rosemary.

What makes it processed

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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

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 81 spaghetti

From least to most processed, this one ranks 65th. 19% of the spaghetti 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 81 spaghetti, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00461467, last edited 1 October 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.