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Is Sainsbury's Taste the Difference Basil and Pine Nut Ravioli ultra-processed?

250 g Stuffed pastas Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Sainsbury's Taste the Difference Basil and Pine Nut Ravioli

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:

  • 23 ingredients
  • 2 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 45% (Wheat Flour, Free Range Egg 23%, Durum Wheat Semolina, Basil Paste 4%, Spinach 2%), Ricotta Cheese 26% (Cows' Milk), Whey Powder (Cows' Milk), Basil Paste 6% (Basil, Sunflower Oil, Salt, Acidity Regulator (Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate)), Potato Flakes, Sunflower Oil, Water, Pine Nuts 2%, Salt, Hard Cheese (Cows' Milk)

Additives: E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

Fresh Egg Pasta (45%) (Wheat Flour, Free Range Egg (23%), Durum Wheat Semolina, Basil Paste (4%), Spinach (2%)), Ricotta Cheese (26%) (Cows' Milk), Whey Powder (Cows' Milk), Basil Paste (6%) (Basil, Sunflower Oil, Salt, Acidity Regulator: Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate), Potato Flakes, Sunflower Oil, Water, Pine Nuts (2%), Salt, Hard Grated Cheese (Cows' Milk).

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.

  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 148 stuffed pastas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 63rd. 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 00435154, 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.