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Is Pillsbury Pie Crusts ultra-processed?

Pie dough Sold in the United States

Pack of Pillsbury Pie Crusts

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:

  • 21 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed pie dough

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

flour (wheat flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), lard, hydrogenated lard with bha and bht added to protect flavor, wheat starch, water, contains 2% and less of (salt), rice flour, xanthan gum, sodium propionate, potassium sorbate (preservatives), citric acid, annatto (for color)

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E281 Sodium propionate , E330 Citric acid , E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

enriched flour bleached (wheat flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), lard and hydrogenated lard with bha and bht added to protect flavor, wheat starch, water, contains 2% or less of: salt, rice flour, xanthan gum, sodium propionate and potassium sorbate (preservatives), citric acid, annatto extract (for color),

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.

  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
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.

  • E202 Potassium sorbate 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.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 41 pie dough

From least to most processed, this one ranks 24th. 66% of the pie dough 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 41 pie dough, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0018000287949, last edited 5 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.