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Is M&S Food Deep Filled Steak Shortcrust Pastry Pie ultra-processed?

Pies Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of M&S Food Deep Filled Steak Shortcrust Pastry Pie

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:

  • 33 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed pies

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

Beef 40% (with Wheatflour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Butter, Palm Oil, Rapeseed Oil, Onions, Cornflour, Roast Beef Stock (Water, Yeast Extract, Roast Beef, Roast Beef Bones, Leeks, Salt, Swede, Tomatoes, Carrots, Onions), Egg, Molasses, Beef Dripping, Salt, Tomato Paste, Yeast Extract, Barley Malt Extract, Coarse Black Pepper, Sea Salt, Thyme

As written on the pack

Beef (40%), Wheatflour contains Gluten (with Wheatflour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Butter (Milk), Palm Oil, Rapeseed Oil, Onions, Cornflour, Roast Beef Stock (Water, Yeast Extract, Roast Beef, Roast Beef Bones, Leeks, Salt, Swede, Tomatoes, Carrots, Onions), Pasteurised Egg, Molasses, Beef Dripping, Salt, Tomato Paste, Yeast Extract, Barley Malt Extract (contains Gluten), Coarse Black Pepper, Smoked Sea Salt, 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.

  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 101 pies

From least to most processed, this one ranks 17th. 76% of the pies 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 101 pies, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 29328901, last edited 31 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.