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Sweet pies, from least to most processed

We track 38 sweet pies, 95% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is tarte tatin.

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What makes sweet pies ultra-processed

The signs of ultra-processing found most often, and the share of sweet pies that contain each:

Processed food (2)

  1. 1 tarte tatin Waitrose · 545g 3
  2. 2 Apple Tartelettes Trader Joes 3

Ultra-processed food (36)

  1. 3 Bramley Apple Pie Sainsbury's 4
  2. 4 Blåbärspaj Frödinge · 400g 4
  3. 5 Äppelpaj Frödinge · 400g 4
  4. 6 Tesco Bramley Apple Pie Tesco 4
  5. 7 All Butter Pastry Luxury Mince Pies Coop · 6 pies 4
  6. 8 Classic All Butter Mince Pies Marks & Spencers · 6 Mince Pies (334g) 4
  7. 9 Bramley Apple and Blackcurrant Pies 6 Pack Mr Kipling 4
  8. 10 Mince Pies 6 Pack Tesco 4
  9. 11 9 Mini All Butter Mince Pies Sainsbury's Taste the Difference · 216g 4
  10. 12 6 All Butter Mince Pies Sainsbury's · 370 g 4
  11. 13 Crumble topped mince pies Tesco finest · 300g 4
  12. 14 Sainsburys Short Crust Mince Pies Sainsbury's 4
  13. 15 Mince Pies Favorina 4
  14. 16 Pop-Tarts Frosted Brown Sugar Cinnamon Pop-Tarts · 96g 4
  15. 17 Mince Pies Waitrose 4
  16. 18 All Butter Pastry Mince Pies with Brandy & Port Tesco · 372g 4
  17. 19 Mini Mince Pies M&S Collection · 246g 4
  18. 20 Jam Tarts Mr Kipling · 6 4
  19. 21 Mr Kipling Bramley Apple Pies 6pk Mr Kipling · 354 g 4
  20. 22 Brown Butter Mince Pies with Cognac Waitrose · 6 4
  21. 23 6 Deep Filled Mince Pies Mr Kipling · 360g = 6 x 60g 4
  22. 24 Waitrose No1 Sicilian Lemon Tart Waitrose · 530g 4
  23. 25 4 Crumble Top Mince Pies With Cranberry & Orange Waitrose 4
  24. 26 Mr Kipling EXCEEDINGLY GOOD CAKES DELICIOUS & LIGH Mr Kipling 4
  25. 27 6 All butter Mince pies Lidl 4
  26. 28 Deep filled mince pies Hollylane aldi 4
  27. 29 Plant Chef Mince Pies Tesco · 342g (6x57g) 4
  28. 30 Victoria Sandwich Sainsbury's · 345g 4
  29. 31 Mica Almond Frangipanes 4pk Mica · 230g 4
  30. 32 6 Cherry Bakewells Mr Kipling · 282 g (6 x 47 g) 4
  31. 33 pop tarts Kellogg's · 384g 4
  32. 34 PopTarts Frosted Strawberry Pop-Tarts · 96g 4
  33. 35 Bramley Apple Pies 6 Pack Tesco · 65 g x 6 4
  34. 36 Tesco Cherry Bakewell Tarts 6 Pack Tesco · six 4
  35. 37 PopTarts Frosted Cherry Pop-Tarts · 3.3oz 4
  36. 38 Bakewell tart Lidl 4

Within each group, products with fewer signs of ultra-processing, additives and ingredients come first. This ordering is ours, for comparison; it is not part of NOVA.