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Is Sainsbury's taste THE DIFFERENCE AUBERGINE PARMIGI ultra-processed?

Vegetables Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Sainsbury's taste THE DIFFERENCE AUBERGINE PARMIGI

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:

  • 32 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed vegetables

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

Tomatoes 40%, Water, Aubergine 16%, Parmigiano Reggiano DOP Cheese (Cows' Milk), Onion, Tomato Paste 29% (Water, Tomato Paste, Vegetable Oil (Sunflower Vegetable Oil, Rapeseed Vegetable Oil), Sundried Tomatoes (Sundried Tomatoes, Salt), Sugar, Salt, Basil, Rosemary, Garlic Purée), Tomato Purée, Extra Virgin Olive Oil 15%, Garlic Purée, Demerara Sugar, Cornflour, Basil, Salt, Balsamic Vinegar (Red Wine Vinegar, Grape Must), Black Pepper, Oregano

As written on the pack

Tomatoes (40%), Water, Aubergine (16%), Parmigiano Reggiano DOP Cheese (Unpasteurised Cows' Milk) (7%), Onion, Sundried Tomato Paste (29%) (Water, Tomato Paste, Vegetable Oil (Sunflower, Rapeseed), Sundried Tomatoes (Sundried Tomatoes, Salt), Sugar, Salt, Basil, Rosemary, Garlic Purée), Tomato Purée, Extra Virgin Olive Oil (15%), Garlic Purée, Demerara Sugar, Cornflour, Basil, Salt, Balsamic Vinegar (Red Wine Vinegar, Grape Must Concentrate), Black Pepper, Oregano

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

How the NOVA groups work

Among 602 vegetables

From least to most processed, this one ranks 415th. 18% of the vegetables 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 602 vegetables, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00508407, last edited 13 July 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.