Pesto alla genovese

Name: Pesto alla genovese
Brand: Lidl

Lidl

4056489441403

Processing

Ultra-processed

Group 4 of 4 on the NOVA scale

Additives listed

0 we grade moderate or higher

2 of them not yet assessed here

Fat per 100g

33g

High

UK FSA front of pack threshold

Three separate readings, kept apart on purpose. This is not a score, and none of it says this product is harmful.

Additives (3)

This label lists 1 acidity regulator, 1 antioxidant and 1 preservative.

E300 Ascorbic acid (vitamin C)
Antioxidant No real concern strong evidence

What it is. Vitamin C, added to protect colour and flavour and sometimes to fortify.

Why it is used. Stops browning in juices and cut fruit, protects fats, and boosts vitamin content.

What the evidence says. Beneficial and harmless at the levels used. Included here as a reminder that an E number is just a code, and plenty of them are ordinary nutrients.

Regulatory status UK Permitted EU Permitted US Permitted

Permitted freely, no concern.

Assessed against EFSA, JECFA. Full entry for E300

Also on the label, not assessed here yet

E1105 Lysozyme preservative
E270 Lactic acid acidity regulator

Names and jobs come from the register of additives permitted in Great Britain, which we have not finished transcribing: a code shown without a name is a gap in our coverage, not a finding that it is unapproved. Naming one is not grading it either. Full detail appears only where we have an assessment against a named authority, so all of this describes our coverage rather than these additives. Most are common and low concern.

Ingredients

nl pesto with basil, oil foil, 5% cashew nuts, 4,7% cheese (milk, salt, animal rennet, preservative: lysozyme (egg), vole yoghurt (milk, sugar, salt, 1,3% pecorino romano pdo (sheep's milk, salt, animal rennet), pine nuts, garlic, acid: lactic acid, antioxidant: ascorbic acid, flavouring, may contain traces of other nuts, peanuts, vi, celery and mustard, unopened at least shelf life until end: see lid edge, keep refrigerated at max after opening, 7°c and consume within 5 days, mix the pesto with cooked pasta or rist, use the pesto as a spread for bruschetta or as a herb sauce for ves and vigerote, lid, great britain ltd, lidl house, 14 kingston road, surbiton, kt5 9nu, lidl teland gmbh, main road, tallaght, dublin 24/ ldl nederland gmbh, p,o, box 198, nl-1270 ad huizen 40 / 20 c 33 19

As printed on the pack, in the producer's own order: ingredients are listed by weight, so what comes first is most of what is in it. E numbers link to their assessment where we have one.

Processing level

NOVA group 4: Ultra-processed

Industrial formulations with additives, isolates and ingredients you would not cook with at home. The strongest modern evidence links high intake of these to poorer health outcomes.

Nutrients per 100g

Fat

33g

High

Saturates

3.60g

Medium

Sugars

2.50g

Low

Salt

1.40g

Medium

Judged on the UK FSA front of pack thresholds for solid foods. A dash means the source has no figure, which is not the same as a low one.

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Pesto alla genovese
4056489202974 NOVA 4

Where this came from

Product data from Open Food Facts, which is crowd sourced and can be incomplete or out of date. Photograph from the same source, under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike licence. Our copy is from 17 August 2026: Open Food Facts is checked every night, and a product is rewritten only when its record there has changed, so an older date means the source has not moved rather than that we stopped looking. Something wrong? Correcting it at the source fixes it here and everywhere else that uses the same data. If the problem is one of our additive assessments, tell us.

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