Is Little Dish Classic Fish pie ultra-processed?

200g Microwave meals Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Vegetable fiber

20 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score A

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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

Potato 34%, Water, Carrot 14%, Pollock, Onion 6%, Leek 3%, Double Cream, Cheddar Cheese (processing marker), Skimmed Milk Powder (processing marker), Rapeseed Oil, Comflour, Chickpeas, Chicory Fibre (ultra-processing marker), Butter (processing marker), Parsley, Lemon Juice, Whole Milk Powder (processing marker), Sunflower Oil (processing marker), Nutmeg, White Pepper

As written on the pack

Potato (34%), Water, Carrot (14%), Pollock (Fish) (12%), Onion (6%) Leek (3%) Double Cream (Milk) (2.5%), Cheddar Cheese (Milk) (2.5%), Skimmed Milk Powder, Rapeseed Oil, Comflour, Chickpeas, Chicory Fibre, Butter (Milk), Parsley, Lemon Juice, Whole Milk Powder, Sunflower Oil, Nutmeg, White Pepper.

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.

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.
Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.
Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 350 microwave meals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 104th. 72% of the microwave 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.

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About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060121673762, last edited 11 July 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 A (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.