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Is Carlos Stonebaked BBQ Chicken pizza ultra-processed?

350g Pizzas Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Carlos Stonebaked BBQ Chicken 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:

  • 47 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed pizzas

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), smokey bbq sauce 18% (Water, Sugar, Tomatoes, Tomato Paste, Cornflour, Molasses, Spirit Vinegar, Salt, Cayenne Pepper, Black Pepper, Paprika, Smoke Flavouring), mozzarella cheese, bbq chicken 11% (Chicken Breast, BBQ Glaze (Sugar, Salt, Cornflour, Paprika, Maltodextrin, Tomato Powder, Yeast Extract, Sugar, Garlic Powder, Barley Malt Vinegar, Smoke Flavouring), Sugar, Brown Sugar, Smoked Paprika), Water, Red Peppers, Sweetcorn, Mild Cheddar Cheese, Yeast, Sugar, Salt, Rapeseed Oil, Enzymes (Wheat)

As written on the pack

Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), SMOKEY BBQ SAUCE (18%) (Water, Sugar, Tomatoes, Concentrated Tomato Paste, Cornflour, Molasses, Spirit Vinegar, Salt, Cayenne Pepper Powder, Ground Black Pepper, Ground Paprika, Smoke Flavouring), MOZZARELLA CHEESE (MILK) (13%), BBQ CHICKEN (11%) [Chicken Breast, BBQ Glaze (Sugar, Salt, Cornflour, Dried Paprika, Maltodextrin, Tomato Powder, Yeast Extract, Caramelised Sugar Powder, Garlic Powder, Barley Malt Vinegar Powder, Smoke Flavouring), Sugar, Brown Sugar, Smoked Paprika], Water, Red Peppers, Sweetcorn, Mild Cheddar Cheese (Milk), Yeast, Sugar, Salt, Rapeseed Oil, Enzymes (Wheat).

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.

  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.

  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
4 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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • 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 157th. 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 4088600104645, last edited 31 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.