Cheese pizzas, from least to most processed

We track 39 cheese pizzas, 69% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is pizza.

What makes cheese pizzas ultra-processed

The signs of ultra-processing found most often, and the share of cheese pizzas that contain each:

Processed food (12)

  1. 1 pizza M&S NOVA group 3
  2. 2 Cheesy pizza Marks & Spencer · 95g NOVA group 3
  3. 3 Thin and Crispy Cheese and Tomato Pizza Hearty foods co. · 314g NOVA group 3
  4. 4 Cheese & tomato pizza Everyday essentials · 314g NOVA group 3
  5. 5 Essential Waittose cheese & tomato pizza Essential Waitrose NOVA group 3
  6. 6 Pizza Cheese Amy's · 369g NOVA group 3
  7. 7 Mozzarella Pizza Extra Thin Crispy Trattoria Alfredo NOVA group 3
  8. 8 Pizza Formaggi Crosta&Mollica pizza formaggi · 410g NOVA group 3
  9. 9 Thin & Crispy Crust Four Cheese Newman's Own · 453g NOVA group 3
  10. 10 Pizza Pesto Fiorelli · 420 g NOVA group 3
  11. 11 Margherita Pizza Morrisons · 295g NOVA group 3
  12. 12 Three cheese pizza 15 oz NOVA group 3

Ultra-processed food (27)

  1. 13 Garlic Mushroom, Truffle & Mascarpone Pizza Morrisons the Best · 453 g NOVA group 4
  2. 14 Buffalo Mozzarella and Sunsoaked Tomatoes - Tesco Finest Tesco Finest · 420g NOVA group 4
  3. 15 Cheese and Tomato Pizza Lidl · 300 g NOVA group 4
  4. 16 Cheese & Tomato Pizza Lidl NOVA group 4
  5. 17 Five Cheese Pizza Rao's · 19 oz NOVA group 4
  6. 18 Four Cheese Rising Crust 365 Whole Foods Market · 592 g, 20.9 oz NOVA group 4
  7. 19 American style pizza loaded cheese McEnnedy · 440g NOVA group 4
  8. 20 Original Deep Dish Chicago Town · Two NOVA group 4
  9. 21 Coop Pizza Mozzarella Coop · 350 g NOVA group 4
  10. 22 Four cheese pizza Sainsbury’s · 377 g NOVA group 4
  11. 23 2 Mini Cheese & Tomato Pizzas Tesco NOVA group 4
  12. 24 Carlos Stonebaked Pizza Aldi · 381 g NOVA group 4
  13. 25 GLUTEN FREE CHEESE PIZZA with a cauliflower crust Trader Joe's NOVA group 4
  14. 26 Thin Crust Pizza spinach Dr. Oetker Ristorante · 390g NOVA group 4
  15. 27 Cheese Feast Classic Crust Pizza Alfredo Lidl · 531 g NOVA group 4
  16. 28 Stonebaked three Cheese pizza Sainsburys · 1 x 293g NOVA group 4
  17. 29 Carlos Takeaway Stuffed Crust Cheese Feast Pizza Aldi · 670g NOVA group 4
  18. 30 Stonebaked four cheese pizza Asda · 330g NOVA group 4
  19. 31 Stonebaked thin four cheese pizza Tesco · 330g NOVA group 4
  20. 32 Deep pan loaded cheese pizza Trattoria Alfredo · 405g NOVA group 4
  21. 33 Deep pan cheese pizza Tesco · 386g NOVA group 4
  22. 34 Takeaway Classic The Big Cheese Goodfella's · 555g NOVA group 4
  23. 35 Four cheese pizza Tesco NOVA group 4
  24. 36 Ristorante Pizza Mozzarella Dr. Oetker · 335 g NOVA group 4
  25. 37 Classic Crust Four Cheese Pizza Red Baron · 597 g NOVA group 4
  26. 38 Tomato Stuffed Crust Takeaway Loaded Cheese Pizza Chicago Town · 630 g NOVA group 4
  27. 39 Stuffed crust takeaway loaded cheese Chicago Town · 630g NOVA group 4

Within each group, products with fewer signs of ultra-processing, additives and ingredients come first. This ordering is ours, for comparison; it is not part of NOVA.