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Chicken Pesto Pasta

400 g · ranked #30 of 294 in microwave meals
Contains: en:gluten, en:milk
Least processed#30 / 294Healthiest#74 / 254Lowest sugar#4 / 269✓ Palm-oil-free
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NOVA · 3 · 21 INGREDIENTS · 0 ADDITIVES
Highly processed. 21 ingredients including 0 additives — still recognisable food, but processed.
Verified · NOVAUpdated · Apr 2026
Score breakdown · 0–100 per axis
Processing
38
Healthiness
80
Low sugar
100
Low calorie
75
Low salt
75
High protein
50
High fibre
0
Nutrient density
40
Organic
0
Each facet scores 0–100 independently. The headline score above is currently the processing axis only; we're building a weighted composite (Phase 2 — Sprint C) that blends them.
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Barcode · 29471119 · Photo sourced Jul 2026
The ledger · every product starts at 100
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Starting balance100
Cooked Pasta
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0
whole / basic0
Semi Skimmed Milk
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whole / basic0
Cooked Chicken Breast
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0
industrial oil-3
Single Cream
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0
Milk
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whole / basic0
0
Cornflour
0
whole / basic0
Garlic Purée
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whole / basic0
Yeast Extract
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0
whole / basic0
FinalNOVA · 3 · Highly processed38

Per-ingredient deltas come from a published rubric. Additive deltas come from the 468-entry E-number glossary (Open Food Facts taxonomy).

Flagged additives · 0
No flagged additives.
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