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Is Waitrose Tomato, Basill & Mozzarella Tortellini ultra-processed?

Stuffed pastas Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Waitrose Tomato, Basill & Mozzarella Tortellini

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:

  • 21 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Durum wheat semolina, ricotta cheese, water, wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), tomato paste 5%, free range egg 3%, mozzarella cheese, passata 3%, extra mature Cheddar cheese, basil 1.5%, full fat soft cheese, sea salt, yeast, garlic purée, parsley, salt

As written on the pack

Durum wheat semolina, ricotta cheese (milk) (19%), water, wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), tomato paste (5%), pasteurised free range egg (3%), mozzarella cheese (milk) (3%), passata (3%), extra mature Cheddar cheese (milk), basil (1.5%), full fat soft cheese (milk), sea salt, yeast, garlic purée, parsley, salt

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.

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 149 stuffed pastas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 16th. 76% of the stuffed pastas 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 149 stuffed pastas, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000169634851, 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.