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Is Cottage Pie ultra-processed?

Beef dishes Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Cottage Pie

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

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

Whole foods combined with:

  • 17 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Potatoes 52%, British Beef 17%, Water Onions Carrots 2%, Celery 1.5%, Butter, Leeks, Cornflour Roast Beef Stock (Water Beef Bones, Beef, Yeast Extract, Salt), Tomato Purée Salt Rapeseed Oil Tomato Extract, Vinegar Colour (Plain Caramel Sugar Syrup Concentrated Mushrooms Cracked Black Pepper Dried Onions Ground Spices (White Pepper Black Pepper Cloves), Tamarind Extract Garlic Purée Sugar, Lemon Oil)

As written on the pack

Potatoes (52%) Cooked British Beef (17%). Water Onions Carrots (2%). Celery (1.5%) Butter (Milk) · Leeks. Cornflour Roast Beef Stock (Water Beef Bones. Beef. Yeast Extract · Salt) Tomato Purée Salt Rapeseed Oil Tomato Extract. Vinegar Colour: Plain Caramel Sugar Syrup Concentrated Mushrooms Cracked Black Pepper Dried Onions Ground Spices (White Pepper Black Pepper Cloves) Tamarind Extract Garlic Purée Sugar · Lemon Oil

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 69 beef dishes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 4th. 55% of the beef dishes here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 69 beef dishes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00849623, last edited 25 May 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.