Is Zeta Fernando Di Luca Zeta Pesto alla Genovese ultra-processed?

200 g (228 ml) Green pestos Sold in Sweden

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
Lactose

16 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score E

Less processed green pestos

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

Solrosolja (processing marker), basilika 31%, potatisflingor, olivolja (processing marker), Pecorino-ost (processing marker), Grana Padano-ost D.O.P (processing marker) (innehåller lysozym från ägg), pinjenötter, havssalt (processing marker), vitlök, laktos (ultra-processing marker) (från mjölk), socker (processing marker), naturliga aromer (ultra-processing marker), surhetsreglerande medel (e330)

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Solrosolja, basilika 31%, potatisflingor, olivolja, Pecorino-ost, Grana Padano-ost D.O.P. (innehåller lysozym från ägg), pinjenötter, havssalt, vitlök, laktos (från mjölk), socker, naturliga aromer, surhetsreglerande medel (E330).

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.

Lactose Lactose is milk sugar, crystallised industrially from whey, a by-product of cheese making.

4 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.

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

How the NOVA groups work

Among 79 green pestos

From least to most processed, this one ranks 62nd. 49% of the green pestos 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 79 green pestos, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 73517573, last edited 18 April 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 E (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.