Is Deluxe Cherry Tomato, Buffalo Mozzarella & Basil Pesto Pizza ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 45 ingredients
- 4 additives
- Nutri-Score C
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Woodfired Sourdough Pizza Base, Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate (ultra-processing marker), Iron, Niacin, Thiamin, Water, Durum Wheat Semolina, Extra Virgin Olive Oil (processing marker) 0.6%, Salt (processing marker), Wheat Gluten (ultra-processing marker), Yeast, Wheat Starch (processing marker), Malted Wheat Flour, Flour Treatment Agent (Ascorbic Acid), Enzymes (Wheat), Potato Starch (processing marker), Sunflower Oil (processing marker)), Mozzarella Full Fat Soft Cheese 16%, Tomato Sauce (processing marker) 14% (Tomatoes, Water, Salt (processing marker), Sugar (processing marker), Sunflower Oil (processing marker), Herbs, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Black Pepper, Dried Garlic), Cherry Tomatoes 9% (Cherry Tomato, Rapeseed Oil, Salt (processing marker), Dried Garlic, Dried Oregano), Italian Buffalo Mozzarella Full Fat Soft Cheese 7%, Basil Pesto 2% (Sunflower Oil (processing marker), Basil, Medium Fat Hard Cheese (processing marker), Salt (processing marker))
Additives: E170 Calcium carbonates , E170i Calcium carbonate , E300 Ascorbic acid , E330 Citric acid
As written on the pack
Woodfired Sourdough Pizza Base (Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin], Water, Durum Wheat Semolina, 0.6% Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Salt, Wheat Gluten, Yeast, Wheat Starch, Malted Wheat Flour, Flour Treatment Agent: Ascorbic Acid; Enzymes (Wheat), Potato Starch, Sunflower Oil), 16% Mozzarella Full Fat Soft Cheese (Milk), 14% Tomato Sauce (Tomatoes, Water, Salt, Sugar, Sunflower Oil, Dried Herbs, Acidity Regulator: Citric Acid; Black Pepper, Dried Garlic), 9% Marinated Semi-Dried Cherry Tomatoes (Cherry Tomato, Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Dried Garlic, Dried Oregano), 7% Italian Buffalo Mozzarella Full Fat Soft Cheese (Milk), 2% Basil Pesto (Sunflower Oil, Basil, Medium Fat Hard Cheese (Milk), Salt). 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.
- E170 Calcium carbonates Calcium carbonate is chalk.
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.
7 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.
- Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.
Among 371 pizzas
From least to most processed, this one ranks 210th. 78% of the pizzas here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489462248, last edited 6 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 C (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.