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Is Carlos Carlis Thin Crust Stonebaked Pizza ultra-processed?

340 g Frozen pizzas Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Carlos Carlis Thin Crust Stonebaked 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:

  • 29 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Wheat Flour, Water, spiced cooked chicken breast 12% (Chicken Breast (Chicken Breast, Tapioca Starch, Dextrose, Salt), Rapeseed Oil, Paprika Powder), mozzarella cheese 12%, Sugar, red onion 5%, Red Pepper, red pepper 3%, yellow pepper 3%, Rapeseed Oil, spring onion 1.5%, Spirit Vinegar, Yeast, Salt, Garlic, Chilli, Dextrose, Potato Starch, warning (Although every effort has been made to remove bones), some small bones may remain, Produced using EU chicken

As written on the pack

Wheat Flour, Water, SPICED COOKED CHICKEN BREAST (12%) [Chicken Breast (Chicken Breast, Tapioca Starch, Dextrose, Salt), Rapeseed Oil, Paprika Powder], MOZZARELLA CHEESE (12%) (Milk), Sugar, RED ONION (5%), Red Pepper Purée, RED PEPPER (3%), YELLOW PEPPER (3%), Rapeseed Oil, SPRING ONION (1.5%), Spirit Vinegar, Yeast, Salt, Garlic, Chilli Powder, Dextrose, Potato Starch. ALLERGY ADVICE: For allergens, see ingredients in bold. May also contain celery. No artificial colours or flavourings. WARNING: Although every effort has been made to remove bones, some small bones may remain. Produced using EU chicken.

What makes it ultra-processed

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.
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 191 frozen pizzas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 57th. 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 4088600489216, 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.