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Is Schwartz Pollo funghi Bella Italia ultra-processed?

Pasta sauces Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Schwartz Pollo funghi Bella Italia

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:

  • 29 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Modified Starch, Wild Mushroom Powder 15%, Spices (Dried Garlic, Dried Onion), Rice Flour, Salt, Cream Powder (from MILK), Flavourings, Sunflower Oil, MILK Proteins, Glucose Syrup (from WHEAT, Maize), Skimmed MILK, Natural Flavouring, Herbs (Parsley, Rosemary, Thyme), Acid (Citric Acid), Colour (Plain Caramel), Rapeseed Oil, Flavour Enhancers (Disodium Guanylate, Disodium Inosinate)

Additives: E14XX Modified Starch , E150a Plain caramel , E330 Citric acid , E627 Disodium guanylate , E631 Disodium inosinate

As written on the pack

Modified Starch, Wild Mushroom Powder (15%), Spices (Dried Garlic, Dried Onion), Rice Flour, Salt, Cream Powder (from MILK), Flavourings, Sunflower Oil, MILK Proteins, Glucose Syrup (from WHEAT, Maize), Dried Skimmed MILK, Natural Flavouring, Herbs (Parsley, Rosemary, Thyme), Acid (Citric Acid), Colour (Plain Caramel), Rapeseed Oil, Flavour Enhancers (Disodium Guanylate, Disodium Inosinate).

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • E14xx Modified Starch Modified starches (E1400 to E1452) are starches treated physically, with enzymes or chemically so that they thicken and hold up to heating, freezing or acidity better than ordinary starch.
  • E150a Plain caramel Plain caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars.
  • E627 Disodium guanylate Disodium guanylate is a flavour enhancer usually used together with MSG.
  • E631 Disodium inosinate Disodium inosinate is a flavour enhancer usually used together with MSG.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Flavour enhancer Flavour enhancers such as monosodium glutamate (E621) strengthen savoury taste without adding a flavour of their own.
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  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.

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.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
3 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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 317 pasta sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 316th. 49% of the pasta sauces 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 317 pasta sauces, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000225028044, 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.