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Is Carlos Thin Crust Vegetable Pizza ultra-processed?

390 g Vegetable pizza Sold in the United Kingdom

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:

  • 48 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed vegetable pizza

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

Pizza Base (Wheat Flour, Water, Yeast, Rapeseed Oil, Salt), tomato sauce 18% (Water, Tomato Paste, Maize Starch, Sugar, Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Dried Basil, Sundried Tomato, Garlic Purée, Garlic, White Wine Vinegar, Yeast Extract, Black Pepper, Tomato, Dried Marjoram, Dried Oregano, Thyme, Cheese Powder, Flavouring, Basil, Dried Rosemary, Acid (Citric Acid)), mozzarella cheese 13%, vegetable mix 11% (Red Peppers, Yellow Peppers, Red Onions), courgettes 6%, pesto oil 3% (Rapeseed Oil, Basil, Palm Oil, Basil Infused Rapeseed Oil, Acidified Garlic Purée (Garlic Purée, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid)), Salt, Black Pepper), spinach 3%

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Pizza Base (Wheat Flour, Water, Yeast, Rapeseed Oil, Salt), TOMATO SAUCE (18%) (Water, Tomato Paste, Maize Starch, Sugar, Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Dried Basil, Sundried Tomato, Garlic Purée, Garlic Powder, White Wine Vinegar, Yeast Extract, Ground Black Pepper, Tomato Powder, Dried Marjoram, Dried Oregano, Dried Thyme, Cheese Powder (Milk), Flavouring, Basil, Dried Rosemary, Acid: Citric Acid), MOZZARELLA CHEESE (13%) (MILK), VEGETABLE MIX (11%) (Chargrilled Red Peppers, Chargrilled Yellow Peppers, Red Onions), COURGETTES (6%), PESTO OIL (3%) [Rapeseed Oil, Basil, Palm Oil, Basil Infused Rapeseed Oil, Acidified Garlic Purée (Garlic Purée, Acidity Regulator: Citric Acid), Salt, Ground Black Pepper], SPINACH (3%).

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.
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.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 10 vegetable pizza

From least to most processed, this one ranks 5th. 60% of the vegetable pizza 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 10 vegetable pizza, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4061462284878, last edited 4 May 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • 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.