TESCO MEAT FEAST PASTA SAUCE RICH & SMOKY A tomato

Name: TESCO MEAT FEAST PASTA SAUCE RICH & SMOKY A tomato
Brand: Tesco

Tesco

5059697390258

Processing

Ultra-processed

Group 4 of 4 on the NOVA scale

Additives listed

0 we grade moderate or higher

3 of them not yet assessed here

Sugars per 100g

6.60g

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 (4)

This label lists 3 acidity regulators and 1 antioxidant.

E330 Citric acid
Acidity regulator No real concern strong evidence

What it is. A mild acid found naturally in citrus fruit, made commercially by fermentation.

Why it is used. Adds tartness, balances flavour and helps preserve. One of the most used additives in food.

What the evidence says. Safe at food levels. No credible health concern for the additive itself.

Regulatory status UK Permitted EU Permitted US Permitted

Permitted freely.

Assessed against EFSA, JECFA. Full entry for E330

Also on the label, not assessed here yet

E301 Sodium ascorbate antioxidant
E451 Triphosphates acidity regulator
E452 Polyphosphates 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

300g of dry pasta: 1 jar of Tesco Meat Feast Pasta Sauce Method: 1. Cook the pasta as per the instructions on pack. 2. Heat the sauce gently in a saucepan for 5-7 mins, stirring occasionally. 3. Stir the hot sauce into the cooked pasta and serve. INGREDIENTS Tomato, Tomato Purée, Medium Fat Soft Cheese (Milk), Onion, Smoked Reformed Bacon (3%) [Pork, Water, Pork Fat, Salt, Dextrose, Stabilisers (Pentasodium Triphosphate, Sodium Polyphosphate), Antioxidant (Sodium Ascorbatel Preservative (Sodium Nitritel), Smoked Reformed Ham (3%) [Pork, Salt, Stabiliser (Pentasodium Triphosphatel, Sugar, Antioxidant (Sodium Ascorbate), Preservative (Sodium Nitritell Sugar, Water, Salt, Acidity Regulators (Citric Acid, Lactic Acid Modified Maize Starch, Basil, Onion Powder, Rapeseed Oil Dried Garlic, Parsley, Black Pepper, Oregano. Made using British pork Allergy Advice

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

2.90g

Low

Saturates

1.20g

Low

Sugars

6.60g

Medium

Salt

0.70g

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.

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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