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Is Stouffer's Classic Lasagna with Meat & Sauce ultra-processed?

297g Pasta dishes Sold in the United States

Pack of Stouffer's Classic Lasagna with Meat & Sauce

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:

  • 40 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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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

tomato puree (water, tomato paste), cooked pasta (water, semolina wheat flour), cooked beef, water, low-moisture part-skim mozzarella cheese (part-skim milk, salt, enzymes), dry curd cottage cheese (skim milk, enzymes), and LESS OF MODIFIED FOOD STARCH 2%, part-skim mozzarella cheese, modified cornstarch, part-skim mozzarella cheese (cultured milk, salt, enzymes, modified cornstarch, nonfat milk, flavors), soy sauce (water, soybeans, wheat, salt), wheat flour, dried onions, salt, sugar, parmesan cheese (cultured milk, salt, enzymes), spices, garlic powder

As written on the pack

TOMATO PUREE (WATER, TOMATO PASTE), COOKED PASTA (WATER, SEMOLINA WHEAT FLOUR), COOKED BEEF, WATER, LOW-MOISTURE PART-SKIM MOZZARELLA CHEESE (CULTURED PART-SKIM MILK, SALT, ENZYMES), DRY CURD COTTAGE CHEESE (CULTURED SKIM MILK, ENZYMES), 2% OR LESS OF MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, PART-SKIM MOZZARELLA CHEESE AND MODIFIED CORNSTARCH (PART-SKIM MOZZARELLA CHEESE (CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES], MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, NONFAT MILK, FLAVORS), SOY SAUCE (WATER, SOYBEANS, WHEAT, SALT), WHEAT FLOUR, DRIED ONIONS, SALT, SUGAR, PARMESAN CHEESE (CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES), SPICES, GARLIC POWDER. CONTAINS: WHEAT, MILK, SOY.

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.

  • 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.
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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 544 pasta dishes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 275th. 72% of the pasta dishes 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.

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About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0013800103215, last edited 17 September 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.