Is Baxters Fray Bentos Steak & Gravy ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 33 ingredients
- 3 additives
- Nutri-Score C
Less processed meat pies
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Water, Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Wheat Gluten (ultra-processing marker), Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Beef 11%, Margarine (Palm Oil, Rapeseed Oil, Water, Salt (processing marker), Emulsifier (ultra-processing marker) (mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids (ultra-processing marker))), Modified Maize Starch (ultra-processing marker), Salt (processing marker), Onion, Barley Malt Extract, Tomato Paste, Yeast Extract, Flavouring (ultra-processing marker), White Pepper, Beef Extract, Chicory Extract, Stabiliser (Xanthan Gum (ultra-processing marker)), Sugar (processing marker), Colour (ultra-processing marker) (Plain Caramel (ultra-processing marker)), Tomato, Garlic
Additives: E150a Plain caramel , E415 Xanthan gum , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids
As written on the pack
Water, Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Wheat Gluten, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Beef (11%), Margarine (Palm Oil, Rapeseed Oil, Water, Salt, Emulsifier (Mono - and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids)), Modified Maize Starch, Salt, Onion Powder, Barley Malt Extract, Tomato Paste, Yeast Extract, Flavouring, White Pepper, Beef Extract, Chicory Extract, Stabiliser (Xanthan Gum), Sugar, Colour (Plain Caramel), Tomato Powder, Garlic Powder.
What makes it ultra-processed
Cosmetic additives
Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.
- E150a Plain caramel Plain caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars.
- E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
- E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
- Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
- Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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- Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.
Substances rarely used in home kitchens
Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.
- Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
3 ingredients that would only make it processed
Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.
Among 38 meat pies
From least to most processed, this one ranks 35th. 71% of the meat pies here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5012427290808, last edited 24 April 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
- Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
- NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of C (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.