Yes — Dinky Melton Mowbray Pork Pies is ultra-processed.
This product is ultra-processed because it contains palm oil, which is treated as a highly processed refined oil under the specified NOVA guidance. The ready-to-eat formulated pork pies also contain potato starch and pork gelatine, but palm oil is the ingredient that directly leads to the UPF classification.
Other ready meals Nomi has checked — these ones aren't ultra-processed.
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Not UPF
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Not UPF
2 Scotch Eggs with outdoor bred pork
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Not UPF
Aromatic Coconut Chicken Curry
M&S
Not UPF
Chicken Korma with pilau rice
By sainsbury's
Not UPF
Chicken meatballs in tomato sauce
Fray Bentos, Tropicana
Not UPF
Chicken Korma
Marks & Spencer
Not UPF
Handcrafted Classic Pork Sausage Rolls
Marks & Spencer Collection
Not UPF
Garlic chicken kyiv
Co op
Not UPF
Just cook ricotta chicken
By sainsbury's
Not UPF
Yes — Dinky Melton Mowbray Pork Pies by Marks & Spencer is ultra-processed, so it counts as a UPF (ultra-processed food). This product is ultra-processed because it contains palm oil, which is treated as a highly processed refined oil under the specified NOVA guidance. The ready-to-eat formulated pork pies also contain potato starch and pork gelatine, but palm oil is the ingredient that directly leads to the UPF classification.
Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are industrial formulations made with ingredients and additives you wouldn't find in a home kitchen — such as emulsifiers, artificial flavourings, colourings and modified starches. The classification is based on the NOVA system used by researchers and dietitians worldwide.
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Product information comes from public databases and Nomi's own analysis, and may contain errors. Always check the packaging. Ultra-processed classification is based on the NOVA food processing system.