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Is Dr. Oetker Pizza Margherita Pomodori ultra-processed?

340 g Vegetarian pizzas Sold in the United Kingdom, Belgium and Germany

Pack of Dr. Oetker Pizza Margherita Pomodori

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:

  • 38 ingredients
  • 3 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

WHEAT flour, tomato puree 11% (water, modified potato starch, vegetable oil (coconut vegetable oil), sea salt, natural flavouring, colour (carotenes), antioxidant (ascorbic acid)), cherry tomatoes 11%, water, vegetable oils (rapeseed, extra virgin olive oil), tomato 6% (dried tomatoes, vegetable oil (sunflower vegetable oil), salt, garlic, herbs, acid (citric acid)), basil, yeast, salt, sugar, parsley, onions, garlic, oregano, pepper, paprika, onions, lemon juice

Additives: E160a Carotene , E300 Ascorbic acid , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

WHEAT flour, tomato puree (11%) (water, modified potato starch, vegetable oil (coconut), sea salt, natural flavouring, colour (carotenes), antioxidant (ascorbic acid)), cherry tomatoes (11%), water, vegetable oils (rapeseed, extra virgin olive oil), dried marinated tomato pieces (6%) (dried tomatoes, vegetable oil (sunflower), salt, garlic, herbs, acid (citric acid)), basil, yeast, salt, sugar, parsley, onions, garlic, oregano, pepper, paprika, roasted onions, lemon juice.

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.
  • 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.
  • 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 94 vegetarian pizzas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 87th. 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 4001724035268, last edited 26 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.