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Is Goodfella's Takeaway Classic The Big Cheese ultra-processed?

555g Cheese pizzas Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Goodfella's Takeaway Classic The Big Cheese

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:

  • 37 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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, Water, Mozzarella Cheese 19%, Tomato Purée, Red Cheddar Cheese 6% (Milk, colour (Annatto Norbixin)), Rapeseed Oil, White Cheddar Cheese 3%, Palm Oil, Yeast, Sugar, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Cornflour, Salt, Maize Flour, Garlic Oil (Rapeseed Oil, Garlic Purée, Palm Oil, Salt, Parsley), Rice Flour, Paprika, Natural Butter Flavouring, Yeast Extract, Onion, Cayenne Pepper, White Pepper, Black Pepper, Garlic, Ginger, Oregano, Paprika Extract, Black Pepper Extract, Basil

Additives: E160b Annatto , E160bii Annatto norbixin , E160c Paprika extract

As written on the pack

Wheat Flour, Water, Mozzarella Cheese 19% (Milk), Tomato Purée, Red Cheddar Cheese 6% (Milk, colour (Annatto Norbixin)), Rapeseed Oil, White Cheddar Cheese 3% (Milk), Palm Oil, Yeast, Sugar, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Cornflour, Salt, Maize Flour, Garlic Oil (Rapeseed Oil, Garlic Purée, Palm Oil, Salt, Parsley), Rice Flour, Paprika, Natural Butter Flavouring, Yeast Extract, Onion Powder, Cayenne Pepper, White Pepper, Black Pepper, Garlic Powder, Ginger, Oregano, Paprika Extract, Black Pepper Extract, Basil.

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.

  • E160b Annatto Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • 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.
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.
  • 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 34th. 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 5391520188749, 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.