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Is Sainsbury's Stonebaked ham and pineapple hand stretched pizza ultra-processed?

295 g Pork meals Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Sainsbury's Stonebaked ham and pineapple hand stretched pizza

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:

  • 35 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed pork meals

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), Tomato, Tomato Purée, Ham 11% (British Pork, Water, Salt, Stabiliser (Triphosphates), Sugar, Antioxidant (Sodium Ascorbate), Preservatives (Sodium Nitrite), Sodium Nitrate), Mozzarella Cheese (Cows' Milk), Pineapple 9%, Cheddar Cheese (Cows' Milk), Water, Semolina (Wheat), Rapeseed Oil, Yeast, Malted Wheat Flour, Salt, Sugar, Basil, Black Pepper

Additives: E250 Sodium nitrite , E251 Sodium nitrate , E301 Sodium ascorbate , E451 Triphosphates

As written on the pack

Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Tomato, Tomato Purée, Ham (11%) (British Pork, Water, Salt, Stabiliser: Triphosphates; Sugar, Antioxidant: Sodium Ascorbate; Preservatives: Sodium Nitrite, Sodium Nitrate), Mozzarella Cheese (Cows' Milk), Pineapple (9%), Cheddar Cheese (Cows' Milk), Water, Semolina (Wheat), Rapeseed Oil, Yeast, Malted Wheat Flour, Salt, Sugar, Basil, Black Pepper

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.

  • 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.
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.
  • E251 Sodium 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.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 62 pork meals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 19th. 87% of the pork meals 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 62 pork meals, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00181563, last edited 5 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.