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Is Lidl Stone backed pizza margherita ultra-processed?

Pizzas Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Lidl Stone backed pizza margherita

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:

  • 24 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

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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

stonebaked pizza base (wheat flour (Wheatflour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), water, rapeseed oil, salt, yeast, spelt Wheat flour), tomato sauce 23% (concentrated tomato purée, water, salt, sunflower oil, acid (citric acid), herbs, dried garlic), mozzarella cheese 16%, cheddar cheese 8%, regato cheese 8%

Additives: E170 Calcium carbonates , E170i Calcium carbonate , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

stonebaked pizza base (wheat flour (Wheatflour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), water, rapeseed oil, salt, yeast, dried wholemeal spelt Wheat flour), 23% tomato sauce (concentrated tomato purée, water, salt, sunflower oil, acid (citric acid), dried herbs, dried garlic), 16% mozzarella cheese (Milk), 8% cheddar cheese (Milk), 8% regato cheese (Milk).

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.

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.
  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 371 pizzas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 119th. 78% of the 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 371 pizzas, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489227496, 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.