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Is Lidl Deluxe Aubergine, Mozzarella & Pesto Wood Fired Pizza ultra-processed?

Frozen pizzas Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Lidl Deluxe Aubergine, Mozzarella & Pesto Wood Fired Pizza

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 38 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Pizza Base (Wheat Flour, Water, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Yeast, Salt, Sourdough), Tomato Sauce 14.8% (Tomato Purée, Olive Oil, Sugar, Salt, Maize Starch, Oregano, Basil), Mozzarella Cheese 11.4%, Vegetables 6.8% (Yellow Peppers, Red Peppers, Aubergine (Aubergine, Sunflower Oil), Olive Oil, Garlic, Black Pepper, Salt, Oregano), Grilled Courgette 6.8%, Pesto Sauce 4.6% (Water, Olive Oil, Basil, Medium Fat Hard Cheese, Maize Starch, Garlic, Salt, Black Pepper), 2 Medium Fat Hard Cheese

As written on the pack

Pizza Base (Wheat Flour, Water, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Dried Yeast, Salt, Dried Sourdough (contains Wheat)), 14.8% Tomato Sauce (Tomato Purée, Olive Oil, Sugar, Salt, Maize Starch, Oregano, Basil), 11.4% Mozzarella Cheese (Milk), 6.8% Marinated Vegetables (Grilled Yellow Peppers, Grilled Red Peppers, Fried Aubergine [Aubergine, Sunflower Oil], Olive Oil, Garlic, Black Pepper, Salt, Oregano), 6.8% Grilled Courgette, 4.6% Pesto Sauce (Water, Olive Oil, Basil, Medium Fat Hard Cheese (Milk), Maize Starch, Garlic, Salt, Black Pepper) 2 Medium Fat Hard Cheese (Milk).

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • 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.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 191 frozen pizzas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 25th. 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 4335619069879, last edited 2 April 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.