Classic Pesto Classique

How it scored 78 / 100

Nutrition snapshot

Ingredients 15 listed

• 1 Basil
  Aromatic herb of the species Ocimum basilicum, used fresh or dried.
  Safe
• 2 Olive Oil
  Oil pressed from olives (Olea europaea).
  Safe
• 3 Sunflower Oil
  Edible vegetable oil pressed from the seeds of Helianthus annuus, typically high in linoleic acid (omega-6) or, in high-oleic varieties, ole…
  Low
• 4 Grana Padano
  Italian PDO hard cheese made from raw cow's milk, aged 9+ months.
  Low
• 5 Cashew Nuts
  Seed of Anacardium occidentale, eaten roasted, salted, or used in cooking.
  Low
• 6 Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  Cold-pressed first-extraction olive oil with low free acidity (<0.8%).
  Safe
• 7 Potato Flakes
  Dehydrated cooked potato that has been mashed and dried into flakes.
  Safe
• 8 Salt
  Sodium chloride (NaCl), a crystalline mineral compound composed of roughly 40% sodium and 60% chloride by mass.
  Low
• 9 Sugar
  Sucrose, a disaccharide of glucose and fructose, refined from sugarcane or sugar beets.
  Moderate
• 10 Pecorino Romano
  A hard, salty Italian sheep-milk cheese with Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) in the EU.
  Low
• 11 Pine Nuts
  Edible seeds of pine trees (Pinus species), eaten as a nut.
  Low
• 12 Garlic
  Allium sativum, a bulbous plant whose cloves are rich in organosulfur compounds — most notably allicin (formed when garlic is crushed) — plu…
  Safe
• 13 Acidity Regulator
  Generic umbrella functional class for additives that adjust or maintain pH (acids, bases, buffer salts).
  Safe
• 14 Sheeps Milk
  Milk from domestic sheep (Ovis aries); higher fat and protein than cow milk.
  Low
• 15 Glucono-Delta-Lactone
  Glucono-delta-lactone (GDL), the cyclic ester of gluconic acid, which slowly hydrolyzes to gluconic acid in water.
  Low