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Is Chicago Town Tomato Stuffed Crust Takeaway Loaded Cheese Pizza ultra-processed?

630 g Cheese pizzas Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Chicago Town Tomato Stuffed Crust Takeaway Loaded Cheese 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
  • 6 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed cheese 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 (with calcium, iron, thiamin (B1), niacin (B3)), tomato puree, mozzarella cheese 10%, water, vegetable oils (palm vegetable oils, sunflower vegetable oils), matured CHEDDAR 4%, monterey jack cheese 4%, emmental cheese 2%, yeast, salt, sugar, modified potato starch, herbs and spices, BARLEY malt extract, emulsifier (e472e), thickener (guar gum), garlic, acidity regulator (e341), flour treatment agent (ascorbic acid), flavouring, colour (beta-carotene)

Additives: E160a Carotene , E160ai Beta-carotene , E300 Ascorbic acid , E341 Calcium phosphates , E412 Guar gum , E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

As written on the pack

WHEAT flour (with calcium, iron, thiamin (B1), niacin (B3)), tomato puree, MOZZARELLA CHEESE (10%), water, vegetable oils (palm, sunflower), matured CHEDDAR (4%), MONTEREY JACK CHEESE (4%), EMMENTAL CHEESE (2%), yeast, salt, sugar, modified potato starch, herbs and spices, BARLEY malt extract, emulsifier (E 472e), thickener (guar gum), garlic, acidity regulator (E 341), flour treatment agent (ascorbic acid), flavouring, colour (beta-carotene).

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.

  • E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
  • E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids 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.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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  • Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.
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 39 cheese pizzas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 38th. 69% of the cheese 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 39 cheese pizzas, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5019312896428, last edited 29 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.