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Is Tesco 6 Melton Mowbray Pork Pies ultra-processed?

Pork pies Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Tesco 6 Melton Mowbray Pork Pies

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:

  • 17 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed pork 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

sasoned uncured pork encased in a pastry case, ngredients cat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iro.niacin, thiamin), pa 31%, pork lard, water, pork fat, palm oil, rapeseed oil pasteurise egg, pork gelatine, white pepper, made using british pork, allergy advice greens including cereals containing gluten, see ingredie bo doupation about our strict welfare and entanti sa nuritic values pe 1008

Additives: E428 Gelatine

As written on the pack

sasoned uncured pork encased in a pastry case. ngredients cat flour (wheat flour. calcium carbonate. iro.niacin, thiamin). pa 31%). pork lard. water. pork fat. palm oil, rapeseed oil pasteurise egg. pork gelatine. white pepper. made using british pork. allergy advice greens including cereals containing gluten. see ingredie bo doupation about our strict welfare and entanti sa nuritic values pe 1008

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.

  • E428 Gelatine Gelatine is a gelling agent made from collagen in animal skin and bones.
1 ingredient 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 12 pork pies

From least to most processed, this one ranks 3rd. 83% of the pork 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 12 pork pies, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5018374007186, last edited 21 May 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.