Is M&S Food Classic Steak & Ale Puff Pastry Pie ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 18 ingredients
- No additives
- Nutri-Score C
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Beef 40% (with Wheatflour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Palm Oil Water Cornish India Pale Ale, Rapeseed Oil, Cornflour Butter, Pasteurised Egg Onions Roast Beef Stock (Water Yeast Extract, Roast Beef Roast Beef Bones, Leeks Salt, Swede, Tomatoes Carrots Onions), Salt (processing marker), Yeast Extract Tomato Paste Beef Dripping, Caramelised Sugar Ground Black Pepper Thyme
As written on the pack
. Beef (40%). Wheatflour contains Gluten (with Wheatflour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin) Palm Oil Water Cornish India Pale Ale (contains Barley, Gluten) (5%) Rapeseed Oil. Cornflour Butter (Milk) Pasteurised Egg Onions Roast Beef Stock (Water Yeast Extract · Roast Beef Roast Beef Bones . Leeks Salt. Swede. . Tomatoes Carrots Onions). Salt Molasses • • Yeast Extract Tomato Paste Beef Dripping. • • Caramelised Sugar Ground Black Pepper Thyme.
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.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 29328789, last edited 8 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 C (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.