Ricotta & Porcini
Processing
4
Ultra-processed
Group 4 of 4 on the NOVA scale
Additives listed
2
0 we grade moderate or higher
1 of them not yet assessed here
Fat per 100g
5g
Medium
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 (2)
This label lists 1 acidity regulator and 1 emulsifier.
E471
Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids
Emulsifier
What it is. Fat derived emulsifiers, closely related to ordinary dietary fats.
Why it is used. One of the most used additives in food: bread, margarine, ice cream, cakes and sauces.
What the evidence says. The body handles these much as it handles other fats, and EFSA's re-evaluation raised no safety concern at the levels used. They sit in the same broad emulsifier and gut microbiome research question as the others, which remains unsettled.
Permitted without a numerical limit. The fat source is not always stated, which matters for some diets rather than for safety.
Assessed against EFSA. Full entry for E471
Also on the label, not assessed here yet
- 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
fresh egg pasta (56%) [wheat flour, durum wheat semolina, pasteurised whole egg (20%)], salted ricotta cheese (21%) [cheese (milk), salt], dehydrated potatoes [potatoes, emulsifier (mono - and diglycerides of fatty acids)], porcini mushroom paste (6%) [porcini mushrooms (56%), onions, sunflower oil, white wine, parsley, flavourings, acidity regulator (lactic acid)], sunflower oil, whey powder (milk), full fat hard cheese (milk), dehydrated champignon mushrooms, salt, flavourings. allergy advice! for allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold. may also contain traces of nuts, fish, crustaceans mollusc and celery. packaged in a protective atmosphere. no artificial colours, flavours or hydrogenated fat.
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.