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Is Waitrose Chicken and leek pie ultra-processed?

Chickens Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Waitrose Chicken and leek pie

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 25 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed chickens

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

Chicken 32%, wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), vegetable oils (palm oil, rapeseed oil), water, leek 6%, single cream, cornflour, onion, white wine, mature Cheddar cheese, salt, free range egg, chicken, yeast extract powder, unsalted butter, potato, chicken fat, white pepper ALLERGY ADVICE

As written on the pack

Chicken (32%), wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), vegetable oils (palm oil (certified sustainable), rapeseed oil), water, leek (6%), single cream (milk) (3%), cornflour, onion, white wine, mature Cheddar cheese (milk), salt, pasteurised free range egg, chicken extract, yeast extract powder, unsalted butter (milk), potato, chicken fat, white pepper ALLERGY ADVICE:

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 356 chickens

From least to most processed, this one ranks 75th. 74% of the chickens 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 356 chickens, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000169211953, 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.