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Is Ginsters Peppered Steak Slice ultra-processed?

170 g Puff pastry meals Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Ginsters Peppered Steak Slice

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:

  • 26 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

British Beef 24%, Wheat Flour (Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Vegetable Oil (Palm Vegetable Oil, Rapeseed Vegetable Oil), Potatoes, Onions, Single Cream, Cornflour, Salt, Egg, Milk, Yeast Extract, Tapioca Starch, Pepper, Beef Stock, Garlic Purée, Mustard, Spirit Vinegar, Lemon Juice Concentrate, Beef Fat

As written on the pack

British Beef 24%, Wheat Flour (Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Vegetable Oil (Palm, Rapeseed), Potatoes, Onions, Single Cream (Milk), Cornflour, Salt, Egg, Milk, Yeast Extract, Tapioca Starch, Pepper, Beef Stock, Garlic Purée, Mustard, Spirit Vinegar, Lemon Juice Concentrate, Beef Fat

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

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 21 puff pastry meals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 12th. 33% of the puff pastry meals 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 21 puff pastry meals, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5010718306207, last edited 2 October 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.