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Is Tesco Spinach and Ricotta Tortelloni ultra-processed?

300 g Tortellini Sold in the United Kingdom, Ireland and France

Pack of Tesco Spinach and Ricotta Tortelloni

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:

  • 17 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed tortellini

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 9%, Water), Ricotta Full Fat Whey Cheese 15%, Spinach 13%, Potato, Medium Fat Hard Cheese, Skimmed Milk, Vegetable Fibre, Butter, Salt, Onion, Nutmeg, Black Pepper, Garlic

As written on the pack

Fresh Egg Pasta (Wheat Flour, Durum Wheat Semolina, Pasteurised Egg 9%, Water), Ricotta Full Fat Whey Cheese 15% (Milk) , Spinach 13%, Dried Potato, Medium Fat Hard Cheese (Milk), Dried Skimmed Milk, Vegetable Fibre, Butter (Milk), Salt, Onion, Nutmeg, Black Pepper, Garlic

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.
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.
  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 21 tortellini

From least to most processed, this one ranks 5th. 86% of the tortellini 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 21 tortellini, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5057545807132, last edited 25 June 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.