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No — Cheese Pesto Sauce is not ultra-processed.
Great choice! Made with mostly familiar culinary ingredients.
This appears to be a cheese-based pesto sauce made with mascarpone, soft and hard cheeses, basil, garlic, pine nuts, olive oil, and rapeseed oil. The ingredients do not include industrial formulations or additives that meet the specified UPF criteria. Chicory root fibre, citrus fibre, oat fibre, and potato starch are food ingredients used for fibre, texture, or thickening, but they are not classified as UPF under the stated guidance. Sugar, vinegar, lemon juice, salt, and the oils are also basic culinary ingredients.
No — Cheese Pesto Sauce is not ultra-processed, so it is not a UPF (ultra-processed food). This appears to be a cheese-based pesto sauce made with mascarpone, soft and hard cheeses, basil, garlic, pine nuts, olive oil, and rapeseed oil. The ingredients do not include industrial formulations or additives that meet the specified UPF criteria. Chicory root fibre, citrus fibre, oat fibre, and potato starch are food ingredients used for fibre, texture, or thickening, but they are not classified as UPF under the stated guidance. Sugar, vinegar, lemon juice, salt, and the oils are also basic culinary ingredients.
Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are industrial formulations made with ingredients and additives you wouldn't find in a home kitchen — such as emulsifiers, artificial flavourings, colourings and modified starches. The classification is based on the NOVA system used by researchers and dietitians worldwide.
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Product information comes from public databases and Nomi's own analysis, and may contain errors. Always check the packaging. Ultra-processed classification is based on the NOVA food processing system.