Selects Lasagna with Meat Sauce, Meat Sauce

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Selects Lasagna with Meat Sauce, Meat Sauce scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Modified Starches (Modified Corn Starch): Chemical modification is a hallmark of UPF.
• Processed Dairy Ingredients (Textured Vegetable Protein Concentrate (Soy Protein Concentrate, Caramel Color)): Isolated proteins and modified ingredients indicate UPF.

Within Frozen Dinners, this product is more processed than about 37% of the 5,358 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 Selects Lasagna with Meat Sauce, Meat Sauce'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.

Natural PreservativesProcessing indicator

In this product: Cooked Lasagna Pasta (Water, Semolina Enriched Flour [Niacin, Ferrous Sulfate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid]).

Natural sources but industrial application.

Sugars & Natural SweetenersProcessing indicator

In this product: Cottage Cheese (Grade A Skim Milk, Cream, Less Than 2% Of The Following: Salt, Guar Gum, Calcium Sulfate, Locust Bean Gum, Carrageenan, Mono And Diglycerides, Sodium And Monopotassium Phosphate, Dextrose, Water, Citric Acid, Lactic Acid, Phosphoric Acid, Natural Flavoring, Potassium Sorbate, Calcium Chloride, Cultures, Enzymes), Sugar.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.