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Is Higgidy Three Cheese Cauliflower Pie ultra-processed?

Frozen ready-made meals Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Higgidy Three Cheese Cauliflower 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:

  • 30 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed frozen ready-made meals

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

Water, Wheat Flour (contains Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Cauliflower 12%, Mature Cheddar Cheese, Broccoli 10%, Onions, Red Leicester Cheese (contains Colour (Beta Carotene)), Butter, Potato, Whipping Cream, Emmental Cheese, Cannellini Beans, Rapeseed Oil, Butternut Squash, Dijon Mustard, Skimmed Milk, Garlic Purée, Cornflour, Thyme, Salt, Black Pepper, Cayenne Pepper, Salt, Yeast

Additives: E160a Carotene , E160ai Beta-carotene

As written on the pack

Water, Wheat Flour (contains Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Cauliflower (12%), Mature Cheddar Cheese (Milk) (10%), Broccoli (10%), Onions, Red Leicester Cheese (Milk) (5%) (contains Colour: Beta Carotene), Butter (Milk), Potato, Whipping Cream (Milk), Emmental Cheese (Milk) (2%), Cannellini Beans, Rapeseed Oil, Butternut Squash Purée, Dijon Mustard, Dried Skimmed Milk, Garlic Purée, Cornflour, Thyme, Salt, Black Pepper, Cayenne Pepper, Salt, Yeast

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.

  • E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
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.
  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 84 frozen ready-made meals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 53rd. 69% of the frozen ready-made 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 84 frozen ready-made meals, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060136256158, last edited 9 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.