Is Schwartz Shepherd's Pie ultra-processed?

Beef dishes Sold in the United Kingdom and Spain

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring

17 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score E

Less processed beef dishes

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 (with calcium, iron, niacin (vitamin b3), thiamin (vitamin b1)), potato starch (processing marker), wheat bran, sugar (processing marker), salt (processing marker), paprika 9%, flavouring (ultra-processing marker), garlic powder 5%, bay leaves 2%, black pepper, fat of which sa carbohyd of which for vegeta fibre protein salt and variana uitable 5n 4%

As written on the pack

wheat flour (with calcium, iron, niacin (vitamin b3), thiamin (vitamin b1)), potato starch, wheat bran, sugar, salt, paprika (9%), flavouring (contains barley, wheat), garlic powder (5%), bay leaves (2%), black pepper. total content of herbs and spices = 17.4% fat of which sa carbohyd of which for vegeta fibre protein salt or variana uitable 5n

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.

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 69 beef dishes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 34th. 55% of the beef dishes 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 69 beef dishes, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000225005861, last edited 26 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.