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Is Carlos Stonebaked Flatbread Mozz&Basil Pizza ultra-processed?

350 Frozen pizzas Sold in the United Kingdom and Ireland

Pack of Carlos Stonebaked Flatbread Mozz&Basil 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:

  • 32 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score D

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

base (wheat flour, water, rapeseed oil, yeast, salt, dextrose), creme fraiche sauce 20% (crème fraiche, water, maize starch, rapeseed oil, pea starch, salt, white pepper), spinach 13%, basil sauce 13% (olive oil, water, spinach, basil, wheat flour, garlic, salt, sugar, wheat protein), cherry tomato 10%, mozzarella cheese 7%, edam cheese 7%, mozzarella cheese 5% (mozzarella cheese, olive oil)

As written on the pack

base (wheat flour, water, rapeseed oil, yeast, salt, dextrose), creme fraiche sauce (20%) (crème fraiche (milk), water, maize starch,rapeseed oil, pea starch, salt, white pepper), spinach and basil sauce (13%) (olive oil, water, spinach, basil, wheat flour, garlic, salt, sugar, wheat protein), cherry tomato (10%), mozzarella cheese (7%) (milk), edam cheese (7%) (milk), granulated mozzarella cheese (5%) (mozzarella cheese (milk), olive oil),

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.
6 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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • 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 59th. 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 4088600133331, last edited 2 April 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.