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Is Sainsbury's Stonebaked Chicken And Pesto Pizza ultra-processed?

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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:

  • 40 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed pizzas

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), Chicken Breast 11%, Tomatoes, Tomato Purée, Mozzarella Cheese (Cows' Milk), Cheddar Cheese (Cows' Milk), Water, Semolina (Wheat), Red Onions, Red Pepper, Basil Pesto 3% (Basil, Vegetable Oil (Rapeseed Vegetable Oil, Sunflower Vegetable Oil), Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Regato Cheese (Cows' Milk), Concentrated Lemon Juice, Salt, Garlic Purée, Black Pepper, Antioxidant (Ascorbic Acid)), Rapeseed Oil, Yeast, Malted Wheat Flour, Salt, Sugar, Basil, Wheat Gluten, Black Pepper

Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid

As written on the pack

Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Cooked Chicken Breast (11%), Tomatoes, Tomato Purée, Mozzarella Cheese (Cows' Milk), Cheddar Cheese (Cows' Milk), Water, Semolina (Wheat), Red Onions, Red Pepper, Basil Pesto (3%) (Basil, Vegetable Oil (Rapeseed, Sunflower), Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Regato Cheese (Cows' Milk), Concentrated Lemon Juice, Salt, Garlic Purée, Black Pepper, Antioxidant: Ascorbic Acid), Rapeseed Oil, Yeast, Malted Wheat Flour, Salt, Sugar, Basil, Wheat Gluten, Black Pepper

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.
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.
  • 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 108th. 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 5063334000998, last edited 28 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.