Is Squeaky Bean Braised Veggie Pie ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 46 ingredients
- 5 additives
- Nutri-Score D
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, niacin, iron, thiamin), onion 19%, chestnut mushroom, water, palm oil, stout 4%, rapeseed oil, wheat gluten (ultra-processing marker), beetroot (beetroot, water), tomato paste, palm stearin, tamari soy sauce (processing marker) (soybean, white vinegar, salt (processing marker)), thickener (ultra-processing marker) (acetylated distarch adipate (ultra-processing marker)), demerara sugar (processing marker), black pepper, salt (processing marker), sea salt (processing marker), herbs (parsley, thyme), bulgur wheat, soybean, linseed, raising agents (dicalcium phosphates, sodium carbonate), porcini mushroom, rice, wheat, barley malt extract, sugar (processing marker), cornflour, pea protein, concentrated lemon juice, tapioca starch (processing marker)
Additives: E1422 Acetylated distarch adipate , E341 Calcium phosphates , E341ii Dicalcium phosphate , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500i Sodium carbonate
As written on the pack
WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, CALCIUM CARBONATE, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMIN), ONION (19%), CHESTNUT MUSHROOM, WATER, PALM OIL, STOUT (4%), RAPESEED OIL, WHEAT GLUTEN, COOKED BEETROOT (BEETROOT, WATER), TOMATO PASTE, PALM STEARIN, TAMARI SOY SAUCE (SOYBEAN, WHITE VINEGAR, SALT), THICKENER (ACETYLATED DISTARCH ADIPATE), DEMERARA SUGAR, BLACK PEPPER, SALT, SEA SALT, HERBS (PARSLEY, THYME), BULGUR WHEAT, SOYBEAN, LINSEED, RAISING AGENTS (DICALCIUM PHOSPHATES, SODIUM CARBONATE), PORCINI MUSHROOM POWDER, RICE, WHEAT, BARLEY MALT EXTRACT, SUGAR, CORNFLOUR, PEA PROTEIN, CONCENTRATED LEMON JUICE, TAPIOCA STARCH.
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.
- E1422 Acetylated distarch adipate Acetylated distarch adipate is a chemically modified starch that holds up to heating, freezing and acidity, used to thicken sauces and fillings.
- Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.
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.
- Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
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.
Among 47 salted pies
From least to most processed, this one ranks 36th. 70% of the salted pies here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5010292977039, last edited 8 April 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.