Is Pieminister Wild Mushroom Pie ultra-processed?

270g Fresh mushrooms Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Modified starch

46 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed fresh mushrooms

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 (wheat, calcium, niacin, iron, thiamine), mushroom 23% (portobello, chestnut), water, onion, double cream, palm oil, asparagus 7%, white wine 4%, leek, rapeseed oil, garlic, modified corn starch (ultra-processing marker), mustard (water, mustard seeds, spirit vinegar, salt (processing marker), white wine vinegar, sugar (processing marker), spices), salt (processing marker), Worcester sauce (processing marker) (water, spirit vinegar, cane molasses (processing marker), tamarind paste, salt (processing marker), onion, cayenne, garlic, clove), wild porcini mushroom 0.1%, herbs, wheat protein, black pepper, raising agent (sodium bicarbonate), yeast extract, barley malt extract

Additives: E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

Wheat flour (wheat, calcium, niacin, iron, thiamine), mushroom (23%) (portobello, chestnut), water, onion, double cream (milk), palm oil, asparagus (7%), white wine (4%), leek, rapeseed oil, garlic, modified corn starch, wholegrain mustard (water, mustard seeds, spirit vinegar, salt, white wine vinegar, sugar, spices), salt, Worcester sauce (water, spirit vinegar, cane molasses, tamarind paste, salt, onion powder, cayenne powder, garlic powder, clove powder), wild porcini mushroom (0.1%), herbs, wheat protein, black pepper, raising agent (sodium bicarbonate), yeast extract, barley malt extract.

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.

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.

5 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.

Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
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.
Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 10 fresh mushrooms

From least to most processed, this one ranks 10th. 10% of the fresh mushrooms 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 10 fresh mushrooms, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060095863473, 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.