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Is Aldi Carlos Extra Thin Crispy Base Mozzarella Pizza ultra-processed?

350g Frozen pizzas Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Aldi Carlos Extra Thin Crispy Base Mozzarella Pizza

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:

  • 21 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Wheat Flour, Tomato Purée, mozzarella cheese 16%, cherry tomato 9%, Water, Rapeseed Oil, mozzarella cheese 4.5%, edam cheese 4.5%, Yeast, Spinach, Salt, Basil, Sugar, Garlic, Herbs, Paprika Powder, Potato Starch, Wheat Starch, Dried Garlic, Wheat Protein, Pepper

As written on the pack

Wheat Flour, Tomato Purée, MOZZARELLA CHEESE SLICES (16%) (Milk), CHERRY TOMATO (9%), Water, Rapeseed Oil, MOZZARELLA CHEESE (4.5%) (Milk), EDAM CHEESE (4.5%) (Milk), Yeast, Spinach, Salt, Basil, Sugar, Garlic, Dried Herbs, Paprika Powder, Potato Starch, Wheat Starch, Dried Garlic, Wheat Protein, Pepper,

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 191 frozen pizzas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 14th. 84% of the frozen pizzas 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 191 frozen pizzas, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600522906, last edited 27 March 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.