Margherita pizzas, from least to most processed

We track 21 margherita pizzas, 38% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Classic Margherita Pizza.

What makes margherita pizzas ultra-processed

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

Processed food (13)

  1. 1 Classic Margherita Pizza Marks & Spencers NOVA group 3
  2. 2 Suprema La Margherita Pizza Dr. Oetker NOVA group 3
  3. 3 Pizzas Margherita 806 g NOVA group 3
  4. 4 Margherita Crosta Mollica · 403g NOVA group 3
  5. 5 Margherita Pizza Crosta Mollica · 403g NOVA group 3
  6. 6 Cheese and Tomato Pizza Sainsbury's · 306g NOVA group 3
  7. 7 Wood Fired Pizza Mizzarella Di Bufala Margherita Marks & Spencers · 425 g NOVA group 3
  8. 8 Stone baked Margherita Pizza Saporito NOVA group 3
  9. 9 Authentic italian stone fired margherita Newmans own NOVA group 3
  10. 10 margherita Pizza Express · 240g NOVA group 3
  11. 11 Pizza Margherita Garant · 400g NOVA group 3
  12. 12 Pizza - Cheese & Tomato Aldi · 114 g NOVA group 3
  13. 13 classic margh pizza Tesco NOVA group 3

Ultra-processed food (8)

  1. 14 Stonebaked Thin Margherita Pizza Goodfella's · 345 g NOVA group 4
  2. 15 Stonebaked Margherita Hand Stretched Pizza Sainsbury's · 265g NOVA group 4
  3. 16 Stonebaked Thin Margherita NOVA group 4
  4. 17 Wood Fired Co-op Irresistible NOVA group 4
  5. 18 Cheese Feast Classic Crust Pizza Alfredo Lidl · 531 g NOVA group 4
  6. 19 Stone Baked Margherita Co-op · 320 g NOVA group 4
  7. 20 High Protein Pizza Margherita with Crispy Base Trattoria Alfredo · 254 g NOVA group 4
  8. 21 Stonebaked Pizza New Recipe Margarita Aldi · 285 g 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.