Is Pukka Vegan chicken and mushroom pie ultra-processed?

214 g Double crust pies 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:

Flavouring
Modified starch
Vegetable fiber

30 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed double crust pies

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

Water, Wheat Flour (Calcium, Niacin, Iron, Folic Acid, Thiamine), Margarine (contains (Palm, Rapeseed Fats, Oils), Water, Salt (processing marker)), Soya Protein Chunks 10% (contains (Water), Isolated Soya Protein, Pea Fibre (ultra-processing marker), Flavourings (ultra-processing marker), Salt (processing marker)), Mushrooms 7.5%, Onion, Modified Maize Starch (ultra-processing marker), Yeast Extract, Cream 1%, Salt (processing marker), Garlic Powder, Black Pepper, White Pepper

As written on the pack

Water, Wheat Flour (contains: Wheat Flour, Calcium, Niacin, Iron, Folic Acid, Thiamine), Margarine (contains: Palm & Rapeseed Fats & Oils, Water, Salt), Soya Protein Chunks (10%) (contains: Water, Isolated Soya Protein, Pea Fibre, Flavourings, Salt), Mushrooms (7.5%), Onion, Modified Maize Starch, Yeast Extract, Vegan Cream (1%) (Soya), Salt, Garlic Powder, Black Pepper, White Pepper.

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.
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.

Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.

3 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 27 double crust pies

From least to most processed, this one ranks 17th. 78% of the double crust 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 27 double crust pies, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5030756006143, last edited 17 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 C (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.