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Is Tesco Tuna & Sweetcorn Pasta ultra-processed?

300g Pasta salads Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Tesco Tuna & Sweetcorn Pasta

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:

  • 31 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed pasta salads

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

Cooked Pasta (Water, Durum Wheat Semolina), Tuna, Cucumber, Sweetcorn, Low Fat Yogurt, Water, Rapeseed Oil, Crème Fraîche, Onion, Pepper, Red Wine Vinegar, Egg, Cornflour, Spirit Vinegar, Chives, Salt, Basil, White Wine Vinegar, Mustard Flour, Egg Yolk, White Pepper, Tapioca Starch, Citrus Fibre, Yellow Mustard Flour, Sea Salt, Black Pepper, Mustard Husk, Turmeric, Pimento

As written on the pack

Cooked Pasta [Water, Durum Wheat Semolina], Tuna (Fish) (13%), Cucumber, Sweetcorn, Low Fat Yogurt (Milk), Water, Rapeseed Oil, Crème Fraîche (Milk), Onion, Pepper, Red Wine Vinegar, Pasteurised Egg, Cornflour, Spirit Vinegar, Chives, Salt, Basil, White Wine Vinegar, Mustard Flour, Egg Yolk, White Pepper, Tapioca Starch, Citrus Fibre, Yellow Mustard Flour, Sea Salt, Black Pepper, Mustard Husk, Ground Turmeric, Ground Pimento

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.
3 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.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 42 pasta salads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 20th. 60% of the pasta salads 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 42 pasta salads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 10089156, last edited 27 May 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.