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Is Pukka Chicken & Mushroom pie ultra-processed?

Meals with chicken Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Pukka Chicken & Mushroom 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:

  • 26 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score D

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

water, wheat flour (calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamine), margarine (contai palm and rapeseed fats and oils, water, salt), chicken, 1 (modified maize starch, salt), mushrooms 5%, modified maize starch, chicken sto double cream, salt, flavour enhancer (monoso glutamate), onion, white pepper, butter, milk allergy advice for allergens, including cereals containing gluten, may also

Additives: E621 Monosodium glutamate

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E621 Monosodium glutamate.

As written on the pack

water, wheat flour (contains: wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamine), margarine (contai palm & rapeseed fats & oils, water, salt), chicken (1 (contains: chicken, modified maize starch, salt), mushrooms (5%), modified maize starch, chicken sto double cream (milk), salt, flavour enhancer: monoso glutamate, onion powder, white pepper, butter (milk allergy advice for allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold. may also

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.

  • E621 Monosodium glutamate Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is the sodium salt of glutamic acid, made by fermentation and used to strengthen savoury taste.
  • Flavour enhancer Flavour enhancers such as monosodium glutamate (E621) strengthen savoury taste without adding a flavour of their own.
  • 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.
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.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 213 meals with chicken

From least to most processed, this one ranks 137th. 79% of the meals with chicken 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 213 meals with chicken, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5030756005818, 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.