Is Tesco Bramley Apple Pies 6 Pack ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 37 ingredients
- 12 additives
- Nutri-Score D
Less processed sweet pies
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Sugar (processing marker), Bramley Apple 13%, Palm Oil, Rapeseed Oil, Apple Purée, Glucose-Fructose Syrup (ultra-processing marker), Dextrose (ultra-processing marker), Modified Maize Starch (ultra-processing marker), Maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), Humectant (ultra-processing marker) (Glycerol (ultra-processing marker)), Water, Glucose Syrup (ultra-processing marker), Whey Powder (ultra-processing marker), Acidity Regulators (Citric Acid, Malic Acid, Trisodium Citrate), Preservative (processing marker) (Potassium Sorbate (processing marker)), Salt (processing marker), Raising Agents (Disodium Diphosphate (ultra-processing marker), Sodium Bicarbonate), Lemon, Emulsifier (ultra-processing marker) (mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids (ultra-processing marker)), Gelling Agent (ultra-processing marker) (Sodium Alginate (ultra-processing marker)), Milk Proteins (ultra-processing marker), Allergy
Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E296 Malic acid , E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E331iii Trisodium citrate , E401 Sodium alginate , E422 Glycerol , E450 Diphosphates , E450i Disodium diphosphate , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate
As written on the pack
Wheat Flour [Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin], Sugar, Bramley Apple (13%), Palm Oil, Rapeseed Oil, Apple Purée, Glucose-Fructose Syrup, Dextrose, Modified Maize Starch, Maltodextrin, Humectant (Glycerol), Water, Glucose Syrup. Whey Powder (Milk), Acidity Regulators (Citric Acid, Malic Acid, Trisodium Citrate), Preservative (Potassium Sorbate), Salt, Raising Agents (Disodium Diphosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate), Lemon Concentrate, Emulsifier (Mono - and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids), Gelling Agent (Sodium Alginate), Milk Proteins. Allergy
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.
- E401 Sodium alginate A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
- E422 Glycerol Glycerol is a sweet-tasting liquid used to keep products moist and soft.
- E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
- E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
- Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
- Gelling agent Gelling agents such as pectin, gelatine or carrageenan set liquids into gels and stabilise textures.
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- Humectant Humectants are substances which prevent foods from drying out by counteracting the effect of an atmosphere having a low degree of humidity, or promote the dissolution of a powder in an aqueous medium.
- 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.
- Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
- Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
- Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
- Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
- Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
- Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
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- Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
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.
- E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
- Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
- 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.
Among 38 sweet pies
From least to most processed, this one ranks 35th. 95% of the sweet pies here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5018374188618, 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.