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Is Chicago Town Vegan Takeaway Stuffed Crust - Sticky BBQ Jackfruit Pizza ultra-processed?

490.0 g Frozen pizzas Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Chicago Town Vegan Takeaway Stuffed Crust - Sticky BBQ Jackfruit 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:

  • 62 ingredients
  • 8 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

WHEAT flour (with calcium, niacin (B3), iron, thiamin (B1)), tomato puree, water, grated pizza topping 9% (water, modified potato starch, vegetable oil (coconut vegetable oil), sea salt, flavouring, colour (beta-carotene), antioxidant (ascorbic acid)), BBQ seasoned jackfruit 7% (jackfruit, water, brown sugar, onions, salt, herbs and spices, garlic puree (water, garlic, salt, concentrated lemon juice), colour (paprika extract), acidity regulator (citric acid)), vegetable oils (palm vegetable oils, rapeseed vegetable oils), red peppers 2%, green peppers 2%, red onions 2%, yeast, sugar, salt, modified potato starch, BARLEY malt extract, thickener (guar gum), garlic, herbs and spices, acidity regulator (monocalcium phosphate), smoke flavouring, garlic, acid (citric acid), flour treatment agent (ascorbic acid), flavouring, colour (beta-carotene)

Additives: E160a Carotene , E160ai Beta-carotene , E160c Paprika extract , E300 Ascorbic acid , E330 Citric acid , E341 Calcium phosphates , E341i Monocalcium phosphate , E412 Guar gum

As written on the pack

WHEAT flour (with calcium, niacin (B3), iron, thiamin (B1)), tomato puree, water, grated pizza topping (9%) (water, modified potato starch, vegetable oil (coconut), sea salt, flavouring, colour (beta-carotene), antioxidant (ascorbic acid)), BBQ seasoned jackfruit (7%) (jackfruit, water, brown sugar, grilled onions, salt, herbs and spices, garlic puree (water, dehydrated garlic, salt, concentrated lemon juice), colour (paprika extract), acidity regulator (citric acid)), vegetable oils (palm, rapeseed), red peppers (2%), green peppers (2%), red onions (2%), yeast, sugar, salt, modified potato starch, BARLEY malt extract, thickener (guar gum), garlic, herbs and spices, acidity regulator (monocalcium phosphate), smoke flavouring, garlic powder, acid (citric acid), 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.
  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
  • 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.
  • Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.
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  • 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.
5 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 191 frozen pizzas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 181st. 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 5019312083330, last edited 1 July 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.