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Is Tesco finest Steak Ragù with Pappardelle ultra-processed?

400 g Beef dishes Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Tesco finest Steak Ragù with Pappardelle

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 24 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Cooked Pasta (Water, Durum Wheat Semolina), Beef 21%, Tomato, Water, Chianti Red Wine 3%, Red Wine, Onion, Pecorino Medium Fat Hard Cheese, Cornflour, Tomato Purée, Beef Extract, Garlic Purée, Parsley, Yeast Extract, Olive Oil, Salt, Thyme, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Basil, Sugar (Wheat), Black Pepper

As written on the pack

Cooked Pasta [Water, Durum Wheat Semolina], Beef (21%), Tomato, Water, Chianti Red Wine (3%), Red Wine, Onion, Pecorino Medium Fat Hard Cheese (Milk), Cornflour, Tomato Purée, Beef Extract, Garlic Purée, Parsley, Yeast Extract, Olive Oil, Salt, Thyme, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Basil, Caramelised Sugar Powder (Wheat), Black Pepper

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 69 beef dishes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 8th. 55% of the beef 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.

All 69 beef dishes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5052004603010, last edited 30 July 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.