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Is Tesco Butternut Squash & Provola Girasoli ultra-processed?

250 Stuffed pastas Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Tesco Butternut Squash & Provola Girasoli

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:

  • 18 ingredients
  • No 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 (Wheat Flour, Durum Wheat Semolina, Egg), Butternut Squash 24%, Ricotta Full Fat Whey Cheese, Water, Smoked Provola Medium Fat Hard Cheese, Mascarpone Full Fat Soft Cheese, Potato, Butter, Skimmed Milk, Salt, Sage, Wheat Fibre, Cheese, Potato Starch, Black Pepper

As written on the pack

Fresh Egg Pasta [Wheat Flour, Durum Wheat Semolina, Pasteurised Egg], Concentrated Butternut Squash Purée (24%), Ricotta Full Fat Whey Cheese (Milk), Water, Smoked Provola Medium Fat Hard Cheese (Milk) (5%), Mascarpone Full Fat Soft Cheese (Milk), Dried Potato, Butter (Milk), Dried Skimmed Milk, Salt, Sage, Wheat Fibre, Cheese (Milk), Potato Starch, Black Pepper.

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.

  • Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
5 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.
  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 149 stuffed pastas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 40th. 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 149 stuffed pastas, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5057545807316, last edited 6 May 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.