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Is Sainsbury's Stonebaked Spinach & Ricotta Hand Stretched Pizza ultra-processed?

Pizzas Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Sainsbury's Stonebaked Spinach & Ricotta 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:

  • 38 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score D

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), Tomato, Tomato Purée, Mozzarella Cheese (Cows' Milk), Spinach 7%, Water, Ricotta Cheese 6% (Cows' Milk), Cheddar Cheese (Cows' Milk), Cows' Milk, Semolina (Wheat), Whipped Cream (Cows' Milk), Rapeseed Oil, Garlic, Yeast, Cornflour, Malted Wheat Flour, Salt, Sugar, Basil, Butter (Cows' Milk), Gelling Agent (Pectin), Nutmeg, Muscovado Sugar, White Pepper, Black Pepper, including cereals containing gluten

Additives: E440 Pectins

As written on the pack

Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Tomato, Tomato Purée, Mozzarella Cheese (Cows' Milk), Spinach (7%), Water, Ricotta Cheese (6%) (Cows' Milk), Cheddar Cheese (Cows' Milk), Cows' Milk, Semolina (Wheat), Whipped Cream (Cows' Milk), Rapeseed Oil, Garlic, Yeast, Cornflour, Malted Wheat Flour, Salt, Sugar, Basil, Butter (Cows' Milk), Gelling Agent: Pectin; Nutmeg, Muscovado Sugar, White Pepper, Black Pepper. ! Allergy advice: For allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold.

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.

  • E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
  • Gelling agent Gelling agents such as pectin, gelatine or carrageenan set liquids into gels and stabilise textures.
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.
  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • 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 371 pizzas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 167th. 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 00181600, last edited 4 August 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.