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Is Tesco Spinach and pine nut pesto pasta ultra-processed?

Pasta dishes Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Tesco Spinach and pine nut pesto pasta

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:

  • 16 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

cooked pasta (durum wheat semolina, water), rapeseed oil, parmigiano reggiano cheese, spinach 3.5%, sunflower oil, regato medium fat hard cheese, pecorino medium fat hard cheese, pine nuts, basil, lemon juice, salt, red wine vinegar, garlic purée, black pepper

As written on the pack

cooked pasta [durum wheat semolina, water], rapeseed oil, parmigiano reggiano cheese (milk) (3.5%), spinach (3.5%), sunflower oil, regato medium fat hard cheese (milk), pecorino medium fat hard cheese (milk), toasted pine nuts, basil, lemon juice, salt, red wine vinegar, garlic purée, black pepper.

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 544 pasta dishes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 34th. 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.

All 544 pasta dishes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 10099919, 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.