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Is Pieminister Moo British Beef syeak & craft ale pie ultra-processed?

270 g Meat pies Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Pieminister Moo British Beef syeak & craft ale pie

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:

  • 46 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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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

British beef 29%, wheat flour (wheat, calcium, iron, niacin, thiamine), onion, craft ale 9% (made with wheat, barley), water, carrot, identity preserved palm oil, cornflour, tomato puree, Worcester sauce (water, spirit vinegar, cane molasses, tamarind paste, salt, onion, cayenne, garlic, clove), salt, yeast extract, garlic, herbs, dried onion, Dijon mustard (water, mustard seeds, spirit vinegar, salt), barley malt extract, leek, green peppercorn, wheat protein, mushroom, caramelised sugar, flavouring, black pepper, butter, rapeseed oil

As written on the pack

British beef (29%), wheat flour (wheat, calcium, iron, niacin, thiamine), onion, craft ale (9%) (made with wheat & barley), water, carrot, identity preserved palm oil, cornflour, tomato puree, Worcester sauce (water, spirit vinegar, cane molasses, tamarind paste, salt, onion powder, cayenne, garlic, clove), salt, yeast extract, garlic, herbs, dried onion, Dijon mustard (water, mustard seeds, spirit vinegar, salt), barley malt extract, leek, green peppercorn, wheat protein, mushroom, caramelised sugar, flavouring, black pepper, butter, rapeseed oil.

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.

  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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.

  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 38 meat pies

From least to most processed, this one ranks 12th. 71% of the meat 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 38 meat pies, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060095860304, last edited 27 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.