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Is Aldi Cheese and tomato pizza ultra-processed?

300 g Vegetarian pizzas Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Aldi Cheese and tomato 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:

  • 23 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score D

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), tomato sauce 21% (Water, Tomato Purée, Sugar, Parsley, Cornflour, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Basil, Oregano), mozzarella cheese, Water, mild cheddar cheese, Rapeseed Oil, Yeast, Salt, Sugar

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), TOMATO SAUCE (21%) (Water, Tomato Purée, Sugar, Parsley, Cornflour, Acidity Regulator: Citric Acid; Basil, Oregano), MOZZARELLA CHEESE (MILK) (14%), Water, MILD CHEDDAR CHEESE (MILK) (7%), Rapeseed Oil, Yeast, Salt, Sugar.

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

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

  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.
  • 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.
  • 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 94 vegetarian pizzas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 27th. 63% of the vegetarian 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 94 vegetarian pizzas, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600158587, last edited 3 June 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.