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Is Lidl Deluxe Creamy Fish Pie ultra-processed?

400g Meals with fish Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Lidl Deluxe Creamy Fish 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:

  • 49 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed meals with fish

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

Ingredients 44% Cooked Mashed Potatoes (Potatoes 95%, Unsalted Butter, Salt, White Pepper), Cheese Sauce 29%, Whole Milk, Water, Mature Cheddar Cheese 12%, Onions, Double Cream, Cornflour, White Wine 3%, Salt, Fish Stock, Unsalted Butter, Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin, Parsley, Leek, Carrots, Fennel), Cod 10%, Cooked King Prawns 4.5% (King Prawns, Water, Salt), Haddock 4.5% (Haddock, Colours (Curcumin), Annatto Norbixin, Salt), Salmon 4%, Cheese Breadcrumb 4% (Extra Mature Cheddar Cheese 42%, Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Palm Oil, Salt, Yeast)

Additives: E100 Curcumin , E160b Annatto , E160bii Annatto norbixin

As written on the pack

Ingredients 44% Cooked Mashed Potatoes (95% Potatoes, Unsalted Butter (Milk), Salt, White Pepper), 29% Cheese Sauce (Whole Milk, Water, 12% Mature Cheddar Cheese (Milk), Onions, Double Cream (Milk), Cornflour, 3% White Wine, Salt, Fish Stock, Unsalted Butter (Milk), Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin], Parsley, Leek, Carrots, Fennel), 10% Cooked Cod (Fish), 4.5% Cooked King Prawns (King Prawns (Crustacean), Water, Salt), 4.5% Cooked Smoked Haddock (Haddock (Fish), Colours: Curcumin, Annatto Norbixin; Salt), 4% Cooked Salmon (Fish), 4% Cheese Breadcrumb (42% Extra Mature Cheddar Cheese (Milk), Wheat Flour [Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin], Palm Oil, 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.

  • E100 Curcumin Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
  • E160b Annatto Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
5 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.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 64 meals with fish

From least to most processed, this one ranks 40th. 78% of the meals with fish 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 64 meals with fish, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489904496, 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.