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Is Aldi Mozzarella & Semi-Dried Cherry Tomato Wood Fired Pizza ultra-processed?

490g Pizzas Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Aldi Mozzarella & Semi-Dried Cherry Tomato Wood Fired 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:

  • 43 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score D

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), tomato sauce 19% (Tomato, Tomato Passata, Water, Tomato Purée, Rapeseed Oil, Cornflour, Basil, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Black Pepper, Garlic Purée), mozzarella cheese, Water, fior di latte mozzarella cheese, tomatoes 6% (Cherry Tomatoes, Canola Oil, Salt, Garlic, Oregano), Basil Pesto (Rapeseed Oil, Basil, Sunflower Oil, Hard Cheese, Wheat Flour, Salt, Garlic Purée, Wheat Protein), Salt, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Yeast, Sugar, Rapeseed Oil, Enzymes (Wheat)

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), TOMATO SAUCE (19%) (Tomato, Tomato Passata, Water, Tomato Purée, Rapeseed Oil, Cornflour, Basil, Acidity Regulator: Citric Acid; Black Pepper, Garlic Purée), MOZZARELLA CHEESE (MILK) (15%), Water, FIOR DI LATTE MOZZARELLA CHEESE (MILK) (9%), MARINATED SEMI DRIED TOMATOES (6%) (Cherry Tomatoes, Canola Oil, Salt, Garlic, Oregano), Basil Pesto (Rapeseed Oil, Basil, Sunflower Oil, Vegetarian Hard Cheese (Milk), Wheat Flour, Salt, Garlic Purée, Wheat Protein), Salt, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Yeast, Sugar, Rapeseed Oil, Enzymes (Wheat).

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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

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 371 pizzas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 76th. 78% of the 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 371 pizzas, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600541778, last edited 3 August 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.