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Is Asda Cheese & Tomato Pizza ultra-processed?

Vegetarian pizzas Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Asda Cheese & Tomato Pizza

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:

  • 17 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score D

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Wheat Flour, Mozzarella Cheese, Tomato Purée, Water, Rapeseed Oil, Red Cheddar Cheese 3% (Cheddar Cheese, Colour (Carotenes)), Yeast, Sugar, Salt, Potato Starch, Wheat Starch, Black Pepper, Garlic, Allergy Advice!

Additives: E160a Carotene

As written on the pack

Wheat Flour, Mozzarella Cheese (Milk) (20%), Tomato Purée, Water, Rapeseed Oil, Red Cheddar Cheese (3%) [Cheddar Cheese (Milk), Colour (Carotenes)], Yeast, Sugar, Salt, Potato Starch, Wheat Starch, Black Pepper, Garlic. Allergy Advice!

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.

  • E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
5 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.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • 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.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 94 vegetarian pizzas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 59th. 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 5057172201587, 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.