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Is M&S Collection Wood Fired Pizza Ultra Thin Italian Fennel Salami & Red Onion ultra-processed?

170g Pizzas Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of M&S Collection Wood Fired Pizza Ultra Thin Italian Fennel Salami & Red Onion

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 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

Wheatflour, Mozzarella Cheese, Tomatoes, Fennel Salami 10% (Pork 95%, Salt, Sugar, Fennel Seeds, Black Pepper, White Pepper, Dried Garlic, e301, Sodium Nitrite, Potassium Nitrate), Mozzarella Cheese Pearls, Water, Balsamic Red Onions 4% (Red Onions, Rapeseed Oil, Balsamic Vinegar, Sugar), Rapeseed Oil, Wheatflour, Durum Wheat Semolina, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Salt, Yeast (Yeast, Yeast), Cornflour, Yeast Extract, White Wine Vinegar, Basil, Sugar, Garlic Purée, Malted Wheatflour, Wheat Gluten

Additives: E250 Sodium nitrite , E252 Potassium nitrate , E301 Sodium ascorbate

As written on the pack

Wheatflour, Mozzarella Cheese (Milk) (15%), Tomatoes, Fennel Salami (10%) (Pork (95%), Salt, Sugar, Fennel Seeds, Ground Black Pepper, Ground White Pepper, Dried Garlic, Antioxidant (E301), Preservative (Sodium Nitrite, Potassium Nitrate)), Mozzarella Cheese Pearls (Milk) (7%), Water, Balsamic Red Onions (4%) (Red Onions, Rapeseed Oil, Balsamic Vinegar, Sugar), Rapeseed Oil, Dried Fermented Wheatflour, Durum Wheat Semolina, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Salt, Yeast (Yeast, Dried Yeast), Cornflour, Yeast Extract, White Wine Vinegar, Basil, Sugar, Garlic Purée, Malted Wheatflour, Wheat Gluten.

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

  • Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
7 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.
  • E252 Potassium nitrate 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.
  • 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 371 pizzas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 127th. 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 29408405, last edited 14 September 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.