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Is Sainsbury's Garlic chicken & Smoked Bacon Caesar Pizza ultra-processed?

Pizzas Sold in the United Kingdom

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:

  • 47 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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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

Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Tomatoes, Mozzarella Cheese (Cows' Milk), Water, British Chicken Breast 7%, Tomato Purée, Mascarpone Cheese (Cream (Cows' Milk), Cows' Milk Protein), Smoked British Bacon With Added Water 2.5% (British Pork, Water, Salt, Antioxidant (Sodium Ascorbate), Preservative (Sodium Nitrite)), Parmigiano Reggiano Cheese (Cows' Milk), Semolina (Wheat), Baby Spinach, Rapeseed Oil, Yeast, Salt, Lemon Juice, Garlic Purée, Basil, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Parsley, Wheat Flour, Black Pepper, Butter (Cows' Milk), Potato Starch, Wheat Starch, Demerara Sugar, Sugar, Malted Wheat Flour, Wheat Gluten

Additives: E250 Sodium nitrite , E301 Sodium ascorbate

As written on the pack

Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Tomatoes, Mozzarella Cheese (Cows' Milk), Water, British Chicken Breast (7%), Tomato Purée, Mascarpone Cheese (Cream (Cows' Milk), Cows' Milk Protein), Smoked British Bacon With Added Water (2.5%) (British Pork, Water, Salt, Antioxidant: Sodium Ascorbate; Preservative: Sodium Nitrite), Parmigiano Reggiano Cheese (Cows' Milk), Semolina (Wheat), Baby Spinach, Rapeseed Oil, Yeast, Salt, Lemon Juice, Garlic Purée, Basil, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Parsley, Wheat Flour, Black Pepper, Butter (Cows' Milk), Potato Starch, Wheat Starch, Demerara Sugar, Sugar, Malted Wheat Flour, 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.
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.
  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 371 pizzas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 116th. 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 5063334000936, 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.
  • 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.