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Is Carlos Stonebaked Mozzarella and Basil Pizza ultra-processed?

355 g Frozen pizzas Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Carlos Stonebaked Mozzarella and 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:

  • 19 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed frozen 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, Tomato Purée, mozzarella cheese 19%, Water, Edam Cheese, Tomatoes Olive Oil, Rapeseed Oil, Spinach, Yeast, Salt, Basil, Wheat Germ, Garlic, Sugar, Dried Garlic, Dextrose, Wheat Protein, Herbs, Pepper

As written on the pack

Wheat Flour, Tomato Purée, MOZZARELLA CHEESE (19%) (Milk), Water, Edam Cheese (Milk), Tomatoes Olive Oil, Rapeseed Oil, Spinach, Yeast, Salt, Basil, Wheat Germ Flour, Garlic, Sugar, Dried Garlic, Dextrose, Wheat Protein, Dried Herbs, Pepper.

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.
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 191 frozen pizzas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 52nd. 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 4088600207032, last edited 26 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.