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Is Crestwood Pie ultra-processed?

Meat pies Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Crestwood 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:

  • 35 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed meat pies

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

beef 40%, wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), water, onion, palm fat, rapeseed oil, cornflour, egg, cooked beef, salt, potato flakes, palm stearin, cane molasses, barley malt extract, balsamic vinegar (red wine vinegar, concentrated grape must, preservative), tomato paste, garlic purée, dextrose, caramelised sugar syrup, black pepper, onion, thyme, emulsifier (mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids), artificial colours, flavourings, 929989 2104 4088600228143

Additives: E220 Sulphur dioxide , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

As written on the pack

beef (40%), wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), water, onion, palm fat, rapeseed oil, cornflour, pasteurised egg, cooked beef, salt, rehydrated potato flakes, palm stearin, cane molasses, barley malt extract, balsamic vinegar (red wine vinegar, cooked concentrated grape must, preservative: sulphur dioxide), tomato paste, garlic purée, dextrose, caramelised sugar syrup, black pepper, onion powder, dried thyme, emulsifier: mono-and diglycerides of fatty acids, allergy advice: for allergens, see ingredients in bold, may also contain peanuts and nuts, no artificial colours or flavourings, 929989 2104 4088600228143

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.

  • 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.

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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
4 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.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 38 meat pies

From least to most processed, this one ranks 34th. 71% of the meat pies 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 38 meat pies, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600228143, last edited 27 March 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.