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Is Sainsbury’s Spinach, Ricotta & Lemon Girasoli ultra-processed?

250g Stuffed pastas Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Sainsbury’s Spinach, Ricotta & Lemon Girasoli

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:

  • 27 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score D

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 (Wheat Flour, Free Range Egg, Durum Wheat Semolina, Water), Ricotta Cheese 27% (Cows' Milk), Breadcrumbs (Wheat Flour, Salt, Yeast), Spinach 6%, Vegetable Oil (Sunflower Vegetable Oil, Rapeseed Vegetable Oil), Corn, Fully Refined Soybean, Cream (Cows' Milk), Butter (Cows' Milk), Lactose (Cows' Milk), Medium Fat Hard Cheese (Cows Milk), Salt, Lemon Peel 1%

As written on the pack

Fresh Egg Pasta (Wheat Flour, Free Range Egg, Durum Wheat Semolina, Water), Ricotta Cheese (27%) (Cows' Milk), Breadcrumbs (Wheat Flour, Salt, Yeast), Spinach (6%), Vegetable Oil (Sunflower, Rapeseed, Corn, Fully Refined Soybean), Cream (Cows' Milk), Butter (Cows' Milk), Lactose (Cows' Milk). Medium Fat Hard Cheese (Cows Milk). Salt, Lemon Peel (1%).

What makes it ultra-processed

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.
5 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.
  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 149 stuffed pastas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 49th. 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 149 stuffed pastas, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00434966, 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.