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Is Waitrose Freefrom gluten free Penne ultra-processed?

500 g Gluten-free dry pasta Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Waitrose Freefrom gluten free Penne

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Open Food Facts counts every product in its category, meals, as at least group 3.

  • 1 ingredient
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed gluten-free dry pasta

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Brown rice flour

As written on the pack

Brown rice flour

What makes it processed

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 14 gluten-free dry pasta

From least to most processed, this one ranks 6th. 57% of the gluten-free dry pasta 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 14 gluten-free dry pasta, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000169351277, last edited 23 June 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.