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Is ChefSelect Lidl Stone Baked BBQ Chicken Pizza ultra-processed?

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Pack of ChefSelect Lidl Stone Baked 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:

  • 90 ingredients
  • 8 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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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), Smoky Barbecue Sauce 18% (Tomatoes, Red Onion, Water, Red Wine Vinegar, Treacle, Spices, Vegetable Oils (Rapeseed Vegetable Oils, Sunflower Vegetable Oils), Sugar, Salt, Spirit Vinegar, Colour (Ammonia Caramel), Molasses, Onion, Soya Beans, Brown Sugar, Wheat Flour, Smoke Flavouring, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Herbs, Preservative (Potassium Sorbate), Ginger, Garlic Purée), Mozzarella Full Fat Soft Cheese 13%, Barbecue Flavoured Chicken 11% (Chicken Breast, Barbecue Sauce 1.87% (Tomatoes, Red Onion, Water, Red Wine Vinegar, Treacle, Spices, Vegetable Oils (Rapeseed Vegetable Oils, Sunflower Vegetable Oils), Sugar, Salt, Spirit Vinegar, Colour (Ammonia Caramel), Molasses, Onion, Soya Beans, Brown Sugar, Wheat Flour, Smoke Flavouring, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Herbs, Preservative (Potassium Sorbate), Ginger, Garlic Purée), Water, Salt, Pea Starch, Stabiliser (Triphosphates), Dextrose, Acidity Regulator (Sodium Lactate)), Red Peppers 8%, Mild White Cheddar Cheese 4%, Sweetcorn 4%, including Cereals containing Gluten

Additives: E150c Ammonia caramel , E170 Calcium carbonates , E170i Calcium carbonate , E202 Potassium sorbate , E300 Ascorbic acid , E325 Sodium lactate , E330 Citric acid , E451 Triphosphates

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E150c Ammonia caramel.

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), 18% Smoky Barbecue Sauce (Tomatoes, Red Onion, Water, Red Wine Vinegar, Treacle Syrup, Spices, Vegetable Oils [Rapeseed, Sunflower], Sugar, Salt, Spirit Vinegar, Colour: Ammonia Caramel; Molasses, Onion Purée, Soya Beans, Brown Sugar, Wheat Flour, Smoke Flavouring, Acidity Regulator: Citric Acid; Dried Herbs, Preservative: Potassium Sorbate; Ginger Purée, Garlic Purée), 13% Mozzarella Full Fat Soft Cheese (Milk), 11% Barbecue Flavoured Chicken (Chicken Breast, 17% Barbecue Sauce [Tomatoes, Red Onion, Water, Red Wine Vinegar, Treacle Syrup, Spices, Vegetable Oils (Rapeseed, Sunflower), Sugar, Salt, Spirit Vinegar, Colour: Ammonia Caramel; Molasses, Onion Purée, Soya Beans, Brown Sugar, Wheat Flour, Smoke Flavouring, Acidity Regulator: Citric Acid; Dried Herbs, Preservative: Potassium Sorbate; Ginger Purée, Garlic Purée], Water, Salt, Pea Starch, Stabiliser: Triphosphates; Dextrose, Acidity Regulator: Sodium Lactate), 8% Roasted Red Peppers, 4% Mild White Cheddar Cheese (Milk), 4% Sweetcorn. Allergy Advice For allergens, including Cereals containing Gluten, see ingredients in bold.

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.

  • E150c Ammonia caramel Ammonia caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars with ammonia compounds.
  • E170 Calcium carbonates Calcium carbonate is chalk.
  • E325 Sodium lactate Antioxidants are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by oxidation, such as fat rancidity and colour changes.
  • E451 Triphosphates Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • 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.

  • 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.
  • Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
  • Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
8 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.

  • E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • 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 371 pizzas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 368th. 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 4056489824152, last edited 27 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.