Is Waitrose Chilli prawn spaghetti ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 36 ingredients
- No additives
- Nutri-Score B
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Cooked spaghetti pasta (water, durum wheat semolina), tomatoes, prawns, water, onion, tomato purée, white wine, tomatoes (tomatoes, rapeseed oil, salt (processing marker), garlic, dried oregano), rapeseed oil, olive oil (processing marker), sun dried tomatoes, garlic purée, red chilli purée, cornflour, sunflower oil (processing marker), sugar (processing marker), balsamic vinegar (wine vinegar, concentrated grape must), salt (processing marker), lemon juice, parsley, smoked paprika, rosemary, black pepper, fennel, basil, garlic powder, dried oregano ALLERGY ADVICE
As written on the pack
Cooked spaghetti pasta (water, durum wheat semolina), tomatoes, prawns (crustaceans) (11%), water, onion, tomato purée, white wine, semi dried tomatoes (tomatoes, rapeseed oil, salt, garlic granules, dried oregano), rapeseed oil, olive oil, sun dried tomatoes, garlic purée, red chilli purée, cornflour, sunflower oil, sugar, balsamic vinegar (wine vinegar, concentrated grape must), salt, lemon juice, parsley, smoked paprika, rosemary, black pepper, ground fennel, basil, garlic powder, dried oregano ALLERGY ADVICE:
What makes it processed
Culinary ingredients
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.
Category rules
Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.
- Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
Among 543 pasta dishes
From least to most processed, this one ranks 99th. 73% of the pasta dishes here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000169556511, 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.