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Processing Score
6.6Highly Processed
Nutrition Score
2.5/10Poor

The processing score reflects 22 ingredients, including emulsifiers or gums. The nutrition score reflects high sugar, saturated fat and total fat. It also contains trans fat.

Nutrition Highlights

Good Protein SourceGood Fiber Source

Nutrient Alerts

High SugarHigh FatHigh Saturated Fat
Data Updated
Oct 18, 2026
UPC
099381221081
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Nutrition Facts
Serving size55 g
Amount per serving
Calories
240
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 11g
14%
Saturated Fat 3g
15%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 25mg
8%
Sodium 40mg
2%
Total Carbohydrate 36g
13%
Dietary Fiber 2g
7%
Total Sugars 27g
Protein 4g
Calcium 20mg
2%
Iron 0.5mg
3%

* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

Ingredients

12 listed · 4 flagged for review

WHEAT FLOUR TYPE ""00"", SUGAR, WATER, HONEY, APRICOT JAM (GLUCOSE - FRUCTOSE SYRUP. APRICOT PUREE, SUGAR, E1442, E401 E440I, E330, E202, E296), COCOA POWDER, FLAVOURS, BAKING POWDER, AMMONIUM BICARBONATE. COVERING INGREDIENTS: SUGAR, VEGETABLE FATS (PALM KERNEL, COCONUT), FAT REDUCED COCOA POWDER (15%), EMULSIFIER: SOY LECITHIN.

Listed in source order (heaviest first). Select any ingredient to see its category bucket and other products that contain it.

Why Does This Score Highly Processed?

In our analysis, Mostaccioli scores Highly Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

  • Processed Fruit Products (Cocoa Powder, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder (15%)): Concentrates and extracts indicate significant processing.
  • Emulsifiers (Emulsifier: Soy Lecithin): Industrial emulsifiers indicate UPF.

Within Pasta & Noodles, this product is more processed than about 81% of the 9,228 products we've analyzed.

Processing classification reflects ingredient and additive analysis, not a judgment of any product's safety, quality, or healthfulness.

What These Ingredients Tell Us

We group Mostaccioli's ingredients into ingredient categories and note how each relates to food processing. The notes below describe the category, not this specific product's formulation.

Sugars & Natural SweetenersProcessing indicator

In this product: Sugar, Honey, Apricot Jam (Glucose - Fructose Syrup. Apricot Puree, Sugar, E1442, E401 E440i, E330, E202, E296).

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Food Bases & AlkalisProcessing indicator

In this product: Baking Powder, Ammonium Bicarbonate. Covering Ingredients: Sugar.

Common in baking, excessive use indicates processing.

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