Basil Pesto

How it scored 68 / 100

Nutrition snapshot

Ingredients 21 listed

• 1 Sauce
  Generic umbrella term for a liquid or semi-liquid food preparation; identity and ingredients vary widely.
  Safe
• 2 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
• 3 Parmigiano Reggiano
  Parmigiano-Reggiano is a hard, granular Italian cheese with PDO protection.
  Low
• 4 Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  Cold-pressed first-extraction olive oil with low free acidity (<0.8%).
  Safe
• 5 Pecorino Romano
  A hard, salty Italian sheep-milk cheese with Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) in the EU.
  Low
• 6 Pine Nuts
  Edible seeds of pine trees (Pinus species), eaten as a nut.
  Low
• 7 Lactose
  Disaccharide sugar (glucose + galactose) naturally present in milk; commercially produced from whey
  Low
• 8 Garlic
  Allium sativum, a bulbous plant whose cloves are rich in organosulfur compounds — most notably allicin (formed when garlic is crushed) — plu…
  Safe
• 9 Potato
  Edible tuber of the Solanum tuberosum plant.
  Safe
• 10 Nonfat Dry Milk Extract
  An ingredient derived from nonfat dry milk (skimmed dried cow's milk) - typically a milk solids ingredient.
  Low
• 11 Vegetable Fiber
  A generic umbrella term referring to non-specified dietary fiber sourced from vegetables.
  Safe
• 12 Lactic Acid
  Organic acid (E270) naturally produced by lactic acid bacteria during fermentation; also produced industrially.
  Low
• 13 Natural Flavouring
  A regulatory umbrella term (21 CFR 101.22) for flavor extracts derived from spices, fruit, vegetable, herb, bark, root, leaf, meat, seafood,…
  Low
• 14 Ascorbic Acid
  L-Ascorbic acid (vitamin C), a water-soluble vitamin and reducing agent.
  Low
• 15 Spice
  A regulatory category (21 CFR 101.22) for aromatic vegetable substances used primarily for seasoning. Excludes onion, garlic, and celery, wh…
  Moderate
• 16 Basil
  Aromatic herb of the species Ocimum basilicum, used fresh or dried.
  Safe
• 17 Salt
  Sodium chloride (NaCl), a crystalline mineral compound composed of roughly 40% sodium and 60% chloride by mass.
  Low
• 18 Semi-Skimmed Milk
  Cow's milk with reduced fat (typically 1.5-1.8% fat in EU; comparable to U.S. 'reduced fat' or 2% milk).
  Low
• 19 Enzyme
  Industrial food enzyme — protein catalysts derived from plants, animals, or microorganisms (often via fermentation), added to food to perfor…
  Low
• 20 Sheeps Milk
  Milk from domestic sheep (Ovis aries); higher fat and protein than cow milk.
  Low
• 21 Rennet
  A complex of proteolytic enzymes (chiefly chymosin) used to coagulate milk; sourced traditionally from animal stomachs or via microbial/ferm…
  Low