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Is The Gym Kitchen Beef Lasagne ultra-processed?

400 g Microwave meals Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of The Gym Kitchen Beef Lasagne

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:

  • 76 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score B

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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

Beef, tomato, water, onion, carrot, tomato purée, beef bouillon (beef stock, water, beef fat, beef extract, salt), yeast extract, sugar, caramelised sugar syrup, salt, cornflour, mushroom extract, red wine extract, flavourings, black pepper, red wine, modified maize starch, garlic purée, yeast extract, white wine, protein (fortified wheat flour, wheat flour, calcium carbonate, niacin, iron, thiamin), wheat gluten, flavouring, fortified wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, niacin, iron, thiamin), basil, oregano, parsley, onion powder, rosemary, paprika, salt, black pepper, thyme, white sauce (semi-skimmed milk, butternut squash, water, cheese, milk, modified maize starch, flavouring, protein (fortified wheat flour, wheat flour, calcium carbonate, niacin, iron, thiamin), wheat gluten), sugar, yeast extract, nutmeg, bay leaf, lasagne sheets (durum wheat semolina, water), spinach, cheddar cheese, milk

As written on the pack

Beef, tomato, water, onion, carrot, tomato purée, beef bouillon (beef stock, water, beef fat, beef extract, salt), yeast extract, sugar, caramelised sugar syrup, salt, cornflour, mushroom extract, red wine extract, flavourings, black pepper, red wine, modified maize starch, garlic purée, yeast extract, white wine, protein flour (fortified wheat flour, wheat flour, calcium carbonate, niacin, iron, thiamin), wheat gluten, flavouring, fortified wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, niacin, iron, thiamin), basil, oregano, parsley, onion powder, rosemary, paprika, salt, black pepper, thyme, white sauce (semi-skimmed milk, butternut squash, water, reduced fat cheese, milk, modified maize starch, flavouring, protein flour (fortified wheat flour, wheat flour, calcium carbonate, niacin, iron, thiamin), wheat gluten), sugar, yeast extract, nutmeg, ground bay leaf, lasagne sheets (durum wheat semolina, water), spinach, cheddar cheese, milk

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.

  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.

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.
5 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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 350 microwave meals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 207th. 72% of the microwave meals 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 350 microwave meals, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060084348356, last edited 2 October 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.