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Is Unilever Fettuccini In A Delicate Butter Flavored & Herb Sauce With Other Natural Flavor ultra-processed?

63 g Sold in the United States

Pack of Unilever Fettuccini In A Delicate Butter Flavored & Herb Sauce With Other Natural Flavor

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
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

enriched macaroni product (semolina, durum flour (wheat), niacin, ferrous sulfate (iron), thiamin mononitrate (vitamin b1), riboflavin, folic acid), maltodextrin (corn, potato), corn starch, whey protein, salt, onion, sugar, disodium guanylate, disodium inosinate, potassium chloride, hydrolyzed soy protein, natural flavor, high oleic sunflower oil, soybean oil, spices, herbs, skim milk powder, turmeric (for color)

Additives: E627 Disodium guanylate , E631 Disodium inosinate

As written on the pack

ENRICHED MACARONI PRODUCT [SEMOLINA AND DURUM FLOUR (WHEAT), NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE (IRON), THIAMIN MONONITRATE (VITAMIN B1), RIBOFLAVIN (VITAMIN B2), FOLIC ACID], MALTODEXTRIN (CORN, POTATO), CORN STARCH, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE (MILK), SALT, ONION POWDER, SUGAR, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, DISODIUM INOSINATE, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, HYDROLYZED SOY PROTEIN, NATURAL FLAVOR, HIGH OLEIC SUNFLOWER OIL, SOYBEAN OIL, SPICES AND HERBS, SKIM MILK POWDER, EXTRACT OF TURMERIC (FOR COLOR).

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.

  • E627 Disodium guanylate Disodium guanylate is a flavour enhancer usually used together with MSG.
  • E631 Disodium inosinate Disodium inosinate is a flavour enhancer usually used together with MSG.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • 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.

  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
  • Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
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.

  • 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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

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About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0041000022517, last edited 11 February 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.