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Is Waitrose Mushroom & ricotta ravioli ultra-processed?

Pasta stuffed with vegetables Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Waitrose Mushroom & ricotta ravioli

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

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

Whole foods combined with:

  • 33 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Durum wheat semolina, ricotta cheese, button mushrooms, wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), water, portobello mushrooms 5%, free range egg 5%, whipping cream, chestnut mushrooms, full fat soft cheese, medium fat hard cheese, onion, porcini mushroom, sea salt, garlic purée, parsley, yeast, extra virgin olive oil, mushroom, salt, yeast extract, black pepper, thyme, potato flakes, sugar, rosemary, lemon juice from concentrate ALLERGY ADVICE, including cereals containing gluten

As written on the pack

Durum wheat semolina, ricotta cheese (milk) (17%), button mushrooms, wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), water, portobello mushrooms (5%), pasteurised free range egg (5%), whipping cream (milk), chestnut mushrooms, full fat soft cheese (milk), medium fat hard cheese (milk), onion, porcini mushroom powder, sea salt, garlic purée, parsley, yeast, extra virgin olive oil, mushroom concentrate, salt, yeast extract, ground black pepper, thyme, potato flakes, sugar, rosemary, lemon juice from concentrate ALLERGY ADVICE: For allergens, including cereals containing gluten,

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 16 pasta stuffed with vegetables

From least to most processed, this one ranks 3rd. 75% of the pasta stuffed with vegetables 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 16 pasta stuffed with vegetables, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000169634981, last edited 12 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.