Is Sainsbury's Stonebaked Margherita Hand Stretched Pizza ultra-processed?

265g Margherita pizzas Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Gluten

23 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score D

Less processed margherita 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), Mozzarella Cheese (processing marker) (Cows' Milk), Tomato 12%, Tomato Purée, Cheddar Cheese (processing marker) (Cows' Milk), Water, Semolina (Wheat), Rapeseed Oil, Yeast, Malted Wheat Flour, Salt (processing marker), Sugar (processing marker), Basil, Black Pepper, wheat gluten (ultra-processing marker)

As written on the pack

Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Mozzarella Cheese (Cows' Milk) (17%), Tomato (12%), Tomato Purée, Cheddar Cheese (Cows' Milk) (11%), Water, Semolina (Wheat), Rapeseed Oil, Yeast, Malted Wheat Flour, Salt, Sugar, Basil, Black Pepper, 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.

4 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.
Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 21 margherita pizzas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 15th. 38% of the margherita 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 21 margherita pizzas, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00181495, last edited 12 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.