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Pesto & Parmesan Pasta

ranked #11 of 153 in pasta dishes
Contains: en:gluten, en:milk
Least processed#11 / 153Healthiest#68 / 129Lowest sugar#26 / 142✓ Palm-oil-free
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NOVA · 3 · 18 INGREDIENTS · 0 ADDITIVES
Highly processed. 18 ingredients including 0 additives — still recognisable food, but processed.
Verified · NOVAUpdated · Mar 2026
Score breakdown · 0–100 per axis
Processing
43
Healthiness
60
Low sugar
90
Low calorie
60
Low salt
55
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 · 01897883 · Photo sourced Jul 2026
The ledger · every product starts at 100
From 100 to 43.
INGREDIENT
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Starting balance100
Cooked Pasta65%
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—0
Water~0–35%
whole / basic0
Rapeseed Oil~0–35%
industrial oil-3
Spinach~0–35%
whole / basic0
Cows' Milk
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whole / basic0
Basil~0–35%
—0
Lemon Juice~0–35%
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—0
Pine Nuts~0–35%
—0
Salt~0–35%
whole / basic0
Roast Galtic Purée~0–35%
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—0
Potato Starch~0–35%
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whole / basic0
Black Pepper
see related (1)
—0
unpasteurised
—0
whole / basic0
FinalNOVA · 3 · Highly processed43

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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