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Is Tesco Finest Prawn, Chilli, & Lemon Girasoli ultra-processed?

250g Stuffed pastas Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Tesco Finest Prawn, Chilli, & Lemon 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:

  • 26 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

Fresh Egg Pasta (Wheat Flour, Durum Wheat Semolina, Egg, Water), Ricotta Full Fat Whey Cheese, Skimmed Milk, Prawn, Wheat Flour, Coconut Oil, Sunflower Oil, Wheat Fibre, Water, Skimmed Milk, Onion, Lemon Juice from Concentrate, Flavouring, Parsley, Salt, Chilli Pepper, Garlic, Potato Starch, Lemon, Olive Oil, Black Pepper, Yeast

As written on the pack

Fresh Egg Pasta [Wheat Flour, Durum Wheat Semolina, Pasteurised Egg, Water], Ricotta Full Fat Whey Cheese (Milk) (14%), Reconstituted Dried Skimmed Milk, Prawn (Crustacean) (11%), Wheat Flour, Coconut Oil, Sunflower Oil, Wheat Fibre, Water, Dried Skimmed Milk, Onion, Lemon Juice from Concentrate, Flavouring (contains Fish), Parsley, Salt, Chilli Pepper, Garlic, Potato Starch, Dehydrated Lemon, Olive Oil, Black Pepper, Yeast.

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.

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.
4 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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 149 stuffed pastas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 78th. 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 5059697256608, 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.