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Is Lidl Take Away Meat Feast ultra-processed?

513g Frozen pizzas Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Lidl Take Away Meat Feast

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:

  • 102 ingredients
  • 7 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Wheat Flour, Water, Mozzarella Cheese 15%, Sliced Smoked Pork Pepperoni 5% (Pork, Pork Fat, Antioxidants (Ascorbic Acid), Sodium Ascorbate, Extracts of Rosemary, Preservative (Sodium Nitrite), Paprika, Salt, Dextrose, White Pepper, Chilli), Tomato Purée, Smoke Flavour Reformed Ham with Added Water 4% (Pork, Water, Salt, Dextrose, Stabilisers (Diphosphates), Triphosphates, Antioxidant (Sodium Ascorbate), Smoke Flavouring, Preservative (Sodium Nitrite)), Pork Sausage 3% (Pork, Rusk (Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Thiamin, Niacin), Salt), Wheat Starch Tomato Purée, Water, Seasoning (Salt, Dextrose, Black Pepper), Dried Basil, Chilli, Fennel Seeds, Dried Oregano, White Pepper, Dried Garlic, Beef Collagen Casing), Fried Onion 3% (Onion, Rapeseed Oil), Pork Meatballs 3% (Pork, Pork Fat, Rusk (Wheat Flour, Salt), Fennel Seeds, Red Pepper, Dried Garlic, Dried Basil, Drie Oregano, Fennel Seeds, Dextrose, Bay Leaf, Black Pepper, Parsley, Dried Sage, Dried Thyme, Barley Malt Extract, Dried Marjoram), Palm Oil, Yeast, Sugar, Rapeseed Oil, Basil, Salt, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Maize Flour, Maize Starch, Garlic Purée, Yeast Extract, Flavouring Preparations, Cayenne Pepper, Chilli, Maltodextrin, Dried Garlic, Cumin, Black Pepper, Onion Powder, Cheese Powder, Sunflower Oil, Coriander, Paprika Extract, Oregano, Capsicum Extract

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E250 Sodium nitrite , E300 Ascorbic acid , E301 Sodium ascorbate , E392 Extracts of rosemary , E450 Diphosphates , E451 Triphosphates

As written on the pack

Wheat Flour, Water, 15% Mozzarella Cheese (Milk), 5% Sliced Smoked Pork Pepperoni (Pork, Pork Fat, Antioxidants: Ascorbic Acid, Sodium Ascorbate, Extracts of Rosemary; Preservative: Sodium Nitrite; Ground Paprika, Salt, Dextrose, White Pepper Extract, Chilli Extract), Tomato Purée, 4% Smoke Flavour Reformed Ham with Added Water (Pork, Water, Salt, Dextrose, Stabilisers: Diphosphates, Triphosphates; Antioxidant: Sodium Ascorbate; Smoke Flavouring, Preservative: Sodium Nitrite), 3% Pork Sausage (Pork, Rusk [Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Thiamin, Niacin), Salt], Wheat Starch Tomato Purée, Water, Seasoning [Salt, Dextrose, Ground Black Pepper], Dried Basil, Chilli Powder, Fennel Seeds, Dried Oregano, Ground White Pepper, Dried Garlic, Beef Collagen Casing), 3% Fried Onion (Onion, Rapeseed Oil), 3% Pork Meatballs (Pork, Pork Fat, Rusk [Wheat Flour, Salt], Fennel Seeds, Dried Red Pepper Flakes, Dried Garlic, Dried Basil, Drie Oregano, Fennel Seeds, Dextrose, Bay Leaf, Ground Black Pepper, Parsley, Dried Sage, Dried Thyme, Barley Malt Extract, Dried Marjoram), Palm Oil, Yeast, Sugar, Rapeseed Oil, Basil, Salt, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Maize Flour, Maize Starch, Garlic Purée, Yeast Extract, Flavouring Preparations, Ground Cayenne Pepper, Dried Chilli, Maltodextrin, Dried Garlic, Ground Cumin, Ground Black Pepper, Onion Powder, Cheese Powder (Milk), Sunflower Oil, Coriander, Paprika Extract, Oregano, Capsicum Extract.

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.

  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
  • E451 Triphosphates Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
9 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.

  • E250 Sodium nitrite Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • 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.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.
  • Bread An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 191 frozen pizzas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 179th. 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 20016630, last edited 15 July 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.