Is Tesco Nduja mascarpone and red onion ravioli ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 31 ingredients
- No additives
- Nutri-Score C
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Fresh Egg Pasta (Wheat Flour, Durum Wheat Semolina, Egg, Red Pepper, Red Pepper), Ricotta Full Fat Whey Cheese, Red Onion 10%, Mascarpone Full Fat Soft Cheese, Potato, Mozzarella Full Fat Soft Cheese, Sunflower Oil (processing marker), Spicy Pork Sausage 4% (Pork Fat, Pork, Chilli Pepper, Chilli Purée, Pepper, Paprika, Salt (processing marker)), Skimmed Milk, Chilli Pepper, Salt (processing marker), Garlic, Nutmeg, Made using EU wheat, milk, onion, pork, including cersais caining gluten, Also
As written on the pack
Fresh Egg Pasta [Wheat Flour, Durum Wheat Semolina, Pasteurised Egg, Red Pepper Powder, Red Pepper Flakes], Ricotta Full Fat Whey Cheese (Milk) (19%), Red Onion (10%), Mascarpone Full Fat Soft Cheese (Milk) (9%), Dried Potato, Mozzarella Full Fat Soft Cheese (Milk), Sunflower Oil, Spicy Pork Sausage (4%) [Pork Fat, Pork, Chilli Pepper, Chilli Purée, Pepper, Paprika, Salt], Dried Skimmed Milk, Chilli Pepper, Salt, Garlic, Nutmeg. Made using EU wheat, milk, onion and pork. Allergy Advice For allergens, including cersais caining gluten, see Ingredients in bold. Also, may contain soya.
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.
- 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.
Among 149 stuffed pastas
From least to most processed, this one ranks 22nd. 76% of the stuffed pastas here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5057545807378, 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.