Is Mr Kipling Bramley Apple and Blackcurrant Pies 6 Pack ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 26 ingredients
- 9 additives
- Nutri-Score D
Less processed sweet pies
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Wheat Flour (with added Calcium, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Sugar (processing marker), Vegetable Oils (processing marker) (Palm Vegetable Oils, Rapeseed Vegetable Oils), Glucose Syrup (ultra-processing marker), Bramley Apple, Bramley Apple Purée, Blackcurrants, Dextrose (ultra-processing marker), Blackcurrant, Modified Maize Starch (ultra-processing marker), Vegetable Glycerine (ultra-processing marker), Salt (processing marker), Malic Acid, Citric Acid, Disodium Diphosphate (ultra-processing marker), Sodium Bicarbonate, Potassium UK (Sorbate), Sodium Metabisulphite, Sulphur Dioxide
Additives: E220 Sulphur dioxide , E223 Sodium metabisulphite , E296 Malic acid , E330 Citric acid , E422 Glycerol , E450 Diphosphates , E450i Disodium diphosphate , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate
As written on the pack
Wheat Flour (with added Calcium, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Sugar, Vegetable Oils (Palm, Rapeseed), Glucose Syrup, Diced Bramley Apple, Bramley Apple Purée, Blackcurrants, Dextrose, Concentrated Blackcurrant Purée, Modified Maize Starch, Humectant (Vegetable Glycerine), Salt, Acids (Malic Acid, Citric Acid), Raising Agents (Disodium Diphosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate), Preservatives (Potassium UK: 08 Sorbate, Sodium Metabisulphite (Sulphites), Sulphur Dioxide). ALLERGY ADVICE -
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.
- E422 Glycerol Glycerol is a sweet-tasting liquid used to keep products moist and soft.
- E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
- Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.
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.
- Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
- Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
- Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
4 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.
- 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.
Among 38 sweet pies
From least to most processed, this one ranks 9th. 95% of the sweet pies here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000221003335, last edited 20 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 D (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.