Is Slimming World burger pasta ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 68 ingredients
- 3 additives
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Conchiglie pasta 21% (water, durum wheat semolina), minced beef 18%, red onion 13%, red pepper 13%, water, onion, passata 4%, pickled gherkin 4% (gherkin, water, white vinegar, sugar (processing marker), salt (processing marker), flavouring (ultra-processing marker), colour (ultra-processing marker) (riboflavins (ultra-processing marker))), tomato paste, quark (processing marker) (skimmed milk soft cheese), garlic purée, fat-free yogurt, herbs, dark soy sauce (processing marker) (water, sugar (processing marker), soya bean, wheat, salt (processing marker)), beef bouillon (yeast extract, beef stock, water, salt (processing marker)), Worcester sauce (processing marker) (water, white vinegar, sugar (processing marker), salt (processing marker), tamarind paste, onion, barley malt extract, garlic, ground ginger, concentrated lemon juice, clove, chilli), spices (contain mustard), yeast extract, maize starch (processing marker), garlic, salt (processing marker), vegetable stock (salt (processing marker), yeast extract, onion, carrot powder, tomato, lovage, bay leaf), onion, flavouring (ultra-processing marker), onion, onion, antioxidant (citric acid)
Additives: E101 Riboflavin , E101i Riboflavin , E330 Citric acid
As written on the pack
Conchiglie pasta (21%) (water, durum wheat semolina), cooked minced beef (18%), red onion (13%), red pepper (13%), water, onion, passata (4%), pickled gherkin (4%) (gherkin, water, white vinegar, sugar, salt, flavouring, colour (riboflavins)), tomato paste, quark (skimmed milk soft cheese), garlic purée, fat-free yogurt (milk), herbs, dark soy sauce (water, sugar, soya bean, roasted wheat, salt), beef bouillon (yeast extract (contains barley), beef stock, water, salt), Worcester sauce (water, white vinegar, sugar, salt, tamarind paste, onion powder, barley malt extract, garlic powder, ground ginger, concentrated lemon juice, clove powder, chilli powder), spices (contain mustard), yeast extract (contains barley), maize starch, garlic powder, salt, vegetable stock powder (salt, yeast extract (contains barley), onion powder, carrot powder, tomato powder, ground lovage, ground bay leaf), roasted onion powder, flavouring, onion powder, roasted onion granules, antioxidant (citric acid).
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.
- E101 Riboflavin Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
- Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
6 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.
- Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.
- Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.
Among 543 pasta dishes
From least to most processed, this one ranks 389th. 73% of the pasta dishes here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5010482125455, 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.
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.