beef lasagne
Processing
4
Ultra-processed
Group 4 of 4 on the NOVA scale
Additives listed
1
0 we grade moderate or higher
Counted from the label, not by quantity
Nutrients
–
Nothing above the low band
Or no figures recorded at all
Three separate readings, kept apart on purpose. This is not a score, and none of it says this product is harmful.
Additives (1)
This label lists 1 sweetener.
E955
Sucralose
Artificial sweetener
What it is. An intense sweetener made from sugar, around 600 times sweeter, so it is used in very small amounts.
Why it is used. Sweetens diet drinks, tabletop sweeteners, dairy and baked goods.
What the evidence says. Regulators have treated it as safe for decades and the acceptable daily intake has not changed. Newer laboratory work on a breakdown product, and the general question of sweeteners and the gut microbiome, keep it under discussion, but that work is early and has not moved any official position.
Permitted with an acceptable daily intake in all three regions.
Assessed against EFSA, JECFA. Full entry for E955
Ingredients
Cooked minced beef (26%), water, passata, pasta sheets (11%) (durum wheat semolina, water, wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), dried whole egg, dried egg white), tomato paste, chopped tomatoes (tomatoes, tomato juice), potato, quark (skimmed milk soft cheese), onion, butternut squash purée, carrot, celery, beef bouillon (yeast extract (barley), beef stock (beef stock, water, salt), salt, water), garlic purée, maize starch, herbs, dried tomato, salt, balsamic vinegar (wine vinegar, concentrated grape must), yeast extract (barley), porcini mushroom powder, spices (contain mustard), yeast extract powder (barley), flavouring, sweetener (sucralose).
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.