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Basil pesto
Essential Waitrose, WaitroseCondiments · 5000169552346

Basil pesto

Greenveil's read: acceptable. Food health moderate.

Food health
Moderate
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy
  • Egg
  • Tree nuts

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 27 Mar 2026

Why it's rated this way

No additive on this label is on our additives-of-concern list. The rating comes from nutrition (Nutri-Score) and how processed it is (NOVA).

Ingredients

  • Basil53.1%No flag›
  • Sunflower oil23.4%No flag›
  • Rapeseed oil11.7%No flag›
  • Pecorino Romano cheese5.9%No flag
  • Ewes milk2.9%No flag
  • Grana pedano cheese1.5%No flag
  • Milk0.7%No flag›
  • Egg0.4%No flag›
  • Cashew nuts0.2%No flag
  • Extra virgin olive oil<0.1%No flag
  • Corn starch<0.1%No flag›
  • Pine nuts<0.1%No flag
  • Salt<0.1%No flag›
  • SugarNo flag›
  • Lactic acid · E270No flag
  • GarlicNo flag›
Show original label text

basil, sunflower oil, rapeseed oil, pecorino Romano cheese, ewes milk, grana pedano cheese, milk, egg, cashew nuts, extra virgin olive oil, maize starch, pine nuts, salt, sugar, lactic acid, garlic

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Egg, Tree nuts.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 27 Mar 2026

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

6 low · 3 not assessed

3 of 9 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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