Is Tesco Tortelloni Four Cheese ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 20 ingredients
- No additives
- Nutri-Score C
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Fresh Egg Pasta (Wheat Flour, Durum Wheat Semolina, Egg, Water), Ricotta Full Fat Whey Cheese 15%, Potato, Wheat Flour, Pecorino Romano Medium Fat Hard Cheese 3.5%, Water, Mozzarella Full Fat Soft Cheese 2.5%, Provolone Medium Fat Hard Cheese 2.5%, Mascarpone Full Fat Soft Cheese 2.5%, Sunflower Oil (processing marker), Rice Flour, Skimmed Milk, Salt (processing marker), Cheese (processing marker) 0.5%, Black Pepper, Malted Wheat Flour
As written on the pack
Fresh Egg Pasta (Wheat Flour, Durum Wheat Semolina, Egg, Water), Ricotta Full Fat Whey Cheese 15% (Milk), Dried Potato, Wheat Flour, Pecorino Romano Medium Fat Hard Cheese 3.5% (Milk), Water, Mozzarella Full Fat Soft Cheese 2.5% (Milk), Provolone Medium Fat Hard Cheese 2.5% (Milk), Mascarpone Full Fat Soft Cheese 2.5% (Milk), Sunflower Oil, Rice Flour, Dried Skimmed Milk, Salt, Cheese 0.5% (Milk), Black Pepper, Malted Wheat Flour.
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.
Among 15 tortelloni
From least to most processed, this one ranks 2nd. 87% of the tortelloni here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5057545807217, last edited 28 April 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.