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Is Chef Select Stone baked Margherita Pizza ultra-processed?

305g Vegetarian pizzas Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Chef Select Stone baked Margherita 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:

  • 34 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed vegetarian 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

Pizza Base (Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Durum Wheat Semolina, Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Yeast, Wheat Gluten, Enzymes (Wheat), Flour Treatment Agent (Ascorbic Acid), Potato Starch, Sunflower Oil), Tomato Sauce 22% (Tomatoes, Water, Sugar, Salt, Herbs, Sunflower Oil, Black Pepper, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Dried Garlic), Mozzarella Full Fat Soft Cheese 21%, Mild White Cheddar Cheese 5%, Mature White Cheddar Cheese 5%, including Cereals containing Gluten

Additives: E170 Calcium carbonates , E170i Calcium carbonate , E300 Ascorbic acid , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Pizza Base (Wheat Flour [Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin], Water, Durum Wheat Semolina, Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Yeast, Wheat Gluten, Enzymes (Wheat), Flour Treatment Agent: Ascorbic Acid; Potato Starch, Sunflower Oil), 22% Tomato Sauce (Tomatoes, Water, Sugar, Salt, Dried Herbs, Sunflower Oil, Black Pepper, Acidity Regulator: Citric Acid; Dried Garlic), 21% Mozzarella Full Fat Soft Cheese (Milk), 5% Mild White Cheddar Cheese (Milk), 5% Mature White Cheddar Cheese (Milk). Allergy Advice For allergens, including Cereals containing Gluten, see ingredients in bold. May also contain Soya.

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.

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.

  • Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
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.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 94 vegetarian pizzas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 69th. 63% of the vegetarian 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 94 vegetarian pizzas, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489824190, last edited 9 May 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.