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Is Maitre Pierre Tarte d'Alsace ultra-processed?

8 oz Salted pies Sold in the United States

Pack of Maitre Pierre Tarte d'Alsace

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
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

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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

wheat flour, water, sunflower oil, salt, crème fraiche (cultured grade A pasteurized cream), fully cooked ham strips (water added, smoke flavoring added, pork ham, water, salt, sugar, sodium phosphates, smoke flavor, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite), canola oil, caramel color, yellow onion, gruyere cheese (swiss-style gruyere cheese (milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes)), potato starch, corn starch, powdered cellulose (added to prevent caking)

Additives: E150c Ammonia caramel , E250 Sodium nitrite , E316 Sodium erythorbate , E460 Cellulose , E460ii Powdered cellulose

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E150c Ammonia caramel.

As written on the pack

unbleached wheat flour, water, sunflower oil, salt, crème fraiche (cultured grade A pasteurized cream), fully cooked ham strips (water added, smoke flavoring added) (pork ham, water, salt, sugar, sodium phosphates, smoke flavor, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite), canola oil, caramel color, yellow onion, gruyere cheese (swiss-style gruyere cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes]), potato starch, corn starch, powdered cellulose (added to prevent caking)

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.

  • E150c Ammonia caramel Ammonia caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars with ammonia compounds.
  • E460 Cellulose A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
8 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.

  • E250 Sodium nitrite Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • Anti-caking agent Anti-caking agents are substances which reduce the tendency of individual particles of a foodstuff to adhere to one another.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 47 salted pies

From least to most processed, this one ranks 35th. 70% of the salted 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 47 salted pies, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00812795, last edited 11 September 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.