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Is Sainsbury's Taste The Difference Butternutt and sage risptto sauce ultra-processed?

Reheatable soups Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Sainsbury's Taste The Difference Butternutt and sage risptto sauce

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 B

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Water, Butternut Squash 23%, Carrot, Onion, Risotto Rice, White Wine, Pecorino Cheese (Sheep's Milk), Cornflour, Vegetable Gla, Sugar, Salt, Onion, Carrot Concentrate, Cornflour, Rapeseed 45%, Butter 2% (Cows' Milk), Potato, Crème Fraîche 2% (Cows Milk Ga Water, Leek, Garlic, Nutmeg Oil), Sugar, Lemon Juice, Tomat Puree, Salt, Sage, Sage, White Pepper, 1.5 LO Half a pot counts as 1 of your Sa-day Aim for at least 5 different portion 涯

As written on the pack

Water, Butternut Squash (23%), Carrot, Onion, Risotto Rice Puree, White Wine, Pecorino Cheese (Sheep's Milk), Cornflour, Vegetable Gla (Sugar, Salt, Onion Concentrate, Carrot Concentrate, Cornflour, Rapeseed (45%), Butter (2%) (Cows' Milk), Potato, Crème Fraîche (2%) (Cows Milk Ga Water, Leek Powder, Garlic Powder, Nutmeg Oil), Sugar, Lemon Juice, Tomat Puree, Salt, Sage, Dried Sage, White Pepper. ! Allergy advice: For allergens, see ingredients in bold. 1.5 LO Half a pot counts as 1 of your Sa-day Aim for at least 5 different portion 涯

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • 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 85 reheatable soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 26th. 42% of the reheatable soups 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 85 reheatable soups, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00473705, 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.