Is Charlie Bigham's Cottage pie ultra-processed?

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Pack of Charlie Bigham's Cottage pie

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 56 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Potatoes, British beef 33%, carrots, onions, red wine, Cheddar cheese (processing marker), celery, cream, butter (processing marker), cornflour, beef stock (yeast extract, water, beef bone stock, salt (processing marker), molasses (processing marker), tomato purée, dried onions, sunflower oil (processing marker), black pepper), tomato purée, free-range egg yolk, red wine stock (red wine, water, yeast extract, potatoes, salt (processing marker), sugar (processing marker), dried onions, sunflower oil (processing marker), black pepper, thyme oil), rapeseed oil, garlic purée, breadcrumbs (wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), yeast, salt (processing marker)), Parmigiano Reggiano cheese (processing marker), beef gelatine (ultra-processing marker), dijon mustard (water, mustard seeds, vinegar, salt (processing marker)), salt (processing marker), parsley, black pepper, rosemary, thyme

Additives: E428 Gelatine

As written on the pack

Potatoes, British beef (33%) carrots, onions, red wine, Cheddar cheese (milk), celery, cream (milk), butter (milk), cornflour, beef stock (yeast extract, water, beef bone stock, salt, molasses, tomato purée, dried onions, sunflower oil, black pepper), tomato purée, free-range egg yolk, red wine stock (red wine concentrate, water, yeast extract, potatoes, salt, sugar, dried onions, sunflower oil, black pepper, thyme oil), rapeseed oil, garlic purée, breadcrumbs (wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), yeast, salt), Parmigiano Reggiano cheese (milk), beef gelatine, dijon mustard (water, mustard seeds, vinegar, salt), salt, parsley, black pepper, rosemary, thyme.

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.

  • E428 Gelatine Gelatine is a gelling agent made from collagen in animal skin and bones.
6 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.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5033665211295, last edited 5 September 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.