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Is Waitrose Ndjula sausage ravioli ultra-processed?

250 g Raviolis Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Waitrose Ndjula sausage ravioli

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:

  • 32 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed raviolis

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

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Durum wheat semolina, mascarpone cheese, ricotta cheese, whipping cream, water, wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), free range egg 5%, `Nduja paste 4% (pork, extra virgin olive oil, chillies, smoked paprika, salt, paprika, dextrose, sodium ascorbate, ascorbic acid, potassium nitrate, sodium nitrite, citric acid), mozzarella cheese, medium fat hard cheese, basil, salt, red chilli, yeast, smoked paprika

Additives: E250 Sodium nitrite , E252 Potassium nitrate , E300 Ascorbic acid , E301 Sodium ascorbate , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Durum wheat semolina, mascarpone cheese (milk) (17%), ricotta cheese (milk), whipping cream (milk), water, wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), pasteurised free range egg (5%), `Nduja paste (4%) (pork, extra virgin olive oil, chillies, smoked paprika, salt, paprika, dextrose, antioxidants (sodium ascorbate, ascorbic acid), preservatives (potassium nitrate, sodium nitrite), acidity regulator (citric acid)), mozzarella cheese (milk), medium fat hard cheese (milk), basil, salt, red chilli, yeast, smoked paprika.

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
6 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.

  • E250 Sodium nitrite Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • E252 Potassium nitrate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 9 raviolis

From least to most processed, this one ranks 7th. 78% of the raviolis 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 9 raviolis, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000169634790, last edited 15 September 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.