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Is Waitrose tarte tatin ultra-processed?

545g Sweet pies Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Waitrose tarte tatin

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:

  • 8 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

apples 62%, sugar, wheat flour, concentrated butter, water, salt, yeast, acidity regulatorantioxidant

As written on the pack

apples 62%, sugar, wheat flour, concentrated butter, water, salt, yeast, acidity regulatorantioxidant

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 38 sweet pies

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1st. 95% of the sweet 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 38 sweet pies, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000169362624, last edited 22 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.