Is waitrose ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 44 ingredients
- 2 additives
- Nutri-Score B
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Cooked spaghetti pasta (water, durum wheat semolina), tomato, pork 13%, beef 11%, passata, onion, tomato paste, carrot, wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), celery, red wine, water, garlic purée, sugar (processing marker), cornflour, salt (processing marker), rapeseed oil, sunflower oil (processing marker), oregano, parsley, basil, thickener (ultra-processing marker) (pectin (ultra-processing marker)), olive oil (processing marker), balsamic vinegar (white wine vinegar, grape must), black pepper, rosemary, sun dried tomato, spirit vinegar, yeast, dried rosemary, garlic extract, basil extract, antioxidant (extracts of rosemary)
Additives: E392 Extracts of rosemary , E440 Pectins
As written on the pack
Cooked spaghetti pasta (water, durum wheat semolina), tomato, pork (13%), beef (11%), passata, onion, tomato paste, carrot, wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), celery, red wine, water, garlic purée, sugar, cornflour, salt, rapeseed oil, sunflower oil, oregano, parsley, basil, thickener (pectin), olive oil, balsamic vinegar (white wine vinegar, grape must concentrate), black pepper, rosemary, sun dried tomato, spirit vinegar, yeast, dried rosemary, garlic extract, basil extract, antioxidant (extracts of rosemary)
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.
- E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
- Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.
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.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000169608920, 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 B (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.