What are mince pies, and what's in the filling?
Understand the product labels, filling ingredients and differences between the mince pies in our UK catalogue.
Our core catalogue covers sweet mince pies and tarts with a mincemeat filling. We identify related slices, rolls and festive alternatives separately, including products without mincemeat.
The most useful answer to “what is in this mince pie?” is the ingredients list on the exact product. Products with similar names can have different pastry, filling, toppings and dietary labels.
Look at the full label
The collected labels include different dried fruits, fruit ingredients, fats, flavourings and toppings. Some named variants include alcohol ingredients. A missing alcohol entry in our data does not establish that a product is alcohol-free.
Follow a product link below to read the full collected ingredient wording. We list allergens and “may contain” warnings separately.
Names do not establish suitability
“All butter”, “frangipane”, “free from” and a retailer’s premium range name describe different things. Check the named product’s full ingredients rather than applying assumptions to a whole category.
The vegan and gluten-free lists only include pies labelled that way. If the label doesn’t say, we don’t guess.
What does the label tell you about a portion?
Pack weight and the source’s portion description help explain why nutritional values differ. See calories, protein and other nutrition for a comparison that preserves those measurement bases.
This page explains purchased products and their labels. It does not give quantities or methods for making pastry or filling.
