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Is The Gym Kitchen Meat Feast Pasta ultra-processed?

400 g Combination Meals Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of The Gym Kitchen Meat Feast 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:

  • 57 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score A

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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

Tomatoes, Penne Pasta 20% (Water, Durum Wheat Semolina), Red Peppers 16%, Chicken Breast 15% (Chicken Breast 94%, Water, Cornflour), Water, Pork 7%, Beef Meatball 7% (Pork 43%, Beef 26%, Water, Fortified Wheat Flour, Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Niacin (B3), Iron, Thiamin (B1)), Dried Onion, Salt, Garlic Purée, Potato Starch, Dextrose, Red Bell Peppers, Cumin, Fennel, Black Pepper, Paprika, Onion Powder, Chilli, Garlic Powder, Marjoram, Parsley, Paprika Extract, Nutmeg, Pepper Extract, Wheat Protein, Rapeseed Oil, Tomato Paste, Water, Sugar, Basil, Cornflour, Red Wine Vinegar, Smoked Paprika, Sundried Tomatoes, Spirit Vinegar, Pectin, Rosemary, Garlic Oil, Flavouring, Chilli

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E440 Pectins

As written on the pack

Tomatoes, Cooked Penne Pasta (20%) [Water, Durum Wheat Semolina], Red Peppers (16%), Cooked Chicken Breast (15%) [Chicken Breast (94%), Water, Cornflour], Water, Pork & Beef Meatball (7%) [Pork (43%), Beef (26%), Water, Fortified Wheat Flour [Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Niacin (B3), Iron, Thiamin (B1)]], Dried Onion, Salt, Garlic Purée, Potato Starch, Dextrose, Red Bell Peppers, Cumin, Fennel, Black Pepper, Paprika, Onion Powder, Chilli Powder, Garlic Powder, Marjoram, Parsley, Paprika Extract, Nutmeg Extract, Pepper Extract, Wheat Protein, Rapeseed Oil, Tomato Paste, Smoked Water, Sugar, Basil, Cornflour, Red Wine Vinegar, Smoked Paprika, Sundried Tomatoes, Spirit Vinegar, Pectin, Rosemary, Garlic Oil, Flavouring, Chilli Flakes.

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.

  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 76 combination Meals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 63rd. 67% of the combination 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 76 combination Meals, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060963017120, last edited 25 September 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.