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Is Aldi Specially selected chicken, chorizo & roquito pepper Wood Fired pizza ultra-processed?

474 g Pizzas Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 63 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), tomato sauce 19% (Tomatoes, Tomato Passata, Water, Tomato Purée, Rapeseed Oil, Cornflour, Sugar, Basil, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Black Pepper, Garlic Purée), Water, Mozzarella Cheese, paprika 9%, chilli chicken 9% (Chicken Breast, Water, Red Chilli Purée, Sugar, Cornflour, Red Chillies, Tomato, Garlic Purée, Salt, Paprika, Dried Oregano, Colour (Paprika Extract)), chorizo 5% (Pork, Water, Salt, Smoked Paprika, Dextrose, Garlic Paste, Cherry, Preservatives (Potassium Nitrate), Sodium Nitrite, Nutmeg, Dried Oregano), Roquito® Peppers (Chilli Peppers, Water, Sugar, Spirit Vinegar, Capsicum Extract), Sourdough (Rye Sourdough, Barley Malt), Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Yeast, Salt, Sugar, Rapeseed Oil

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E250 Sodium nitrite , E252 Potassium nitrate , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), TOMATO SAUCE (19%) (Tomatoes, Tomato Passata, Water, Tomato Purée, Rapeseed Oil, Cornflour, Sugar, Basil, Acidity Regulator: Citric Acid; Black Pepper, Garlic Purée), Water, Mozzarella Cheese (Milk), PAPRIKA AND CHILLI CHICKEN (9%) (Chicken Breast, Water, Red Chilli Purée, Sugar, Cornflour, Red Chillies, Tomato Powder, Garlic Purée, Salt, Ground Paprika, Dried Oregano, Colour: Paprika Extract), CHORIZO (5%) (Pork, Water, Salt, Smoked Paprika, Dextrose, Garlic Paste, Cherry Powder, Preservatives: Potassium Nitrate, Sodium Nitrite; Ground Nutmeg, Dried Oregano), Roquito® Peppers (Chilli Peppers, Water, Sugar, Spirit Vinegar, Capsicum Extract), Sourdough (Dried Rye Sourdough, Barley Malt), Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Yeast, Salt, Sugar, Rapeseed Oil.

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
9 ingredients that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • E250 Sodium nitrite Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • E252 Potassium nitrate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • 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.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 371 pizzas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 296th. 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 4088600035864, 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.
  • 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.