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Is Tesco Vegetarian vegetable lasagna ultra-processed?

Vegetarian lasagne Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Tesco Vegetarian vegetable lasagna

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:

  • 44 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed vegetarian lasagne

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

Water, Vegetables 16%, Lasagne Sheets, Tomato Purée, Tomato, Lentils, Whole Milk, Red Cheddar Cheese, Cornflour, Red Wine, Half Cream, Garlic Purée, Wheat Flour, White Wine, Basil, Yeast Extract, Cheddar Cheese, Oregano, Salt, Rosemary, Onion, Paprika, Caramelised Sugar Syrup, Black Pepper, Thyme, Nutmeg, Wheat Gluten, White Pepper, Vegetables contain (Onion), Courgette, Carrot, Spinach, Lasagne Sheets contain (Durum Wheat Semolina), Water, Red Cheddar Cheese contains (Cheddar Cheese), Colour (Annatto), Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin

Additives: E160b Annatto , E170 Calcium carbonates , E170i Calcium carbonate

As written on the pack

Water, Vegetables (16%), Lasagne Sheets, Tomato Purée, Tomato, Lentils, Whole Milk, Red Cheddar Cheese, Cornflour, Red Wine, Half Cream (Milk), Garlic Purée, Wheat Flour, White Wine, Basil, Yeast Extract, Cheddar Cheese (Milk), Oregano, Salt, Rosemary, Onion Powder, Paprika, Caramelised Sugar Syrup, Black Pepper, Thyme, Nutmeg, Wheat Gluten, White Pepper. Vegetables contain: Onion, Courgette, Carrot, Spinach. Lasagne Sheets contain: Durum Wheat Semolina, Water. Red Cheddar Cheese contains: Cheddar Cheese (Milk), Colour (Annatto). Wheat Flour contains: Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin.

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • E160b Annatto Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
  • E170 Calcium carbonates Calcium carbonate is chalk.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.

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.

  • Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
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.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 10 vegetarian lasagne

From least to most processed, this one ranks 6th. 80% of the vegetarian lasagne 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 10 vegetarian lasagne, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5054269804850, 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.