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Is Tesco classic margh pizza ultra-processed?

Margherita pizzas Sold in the United Kingdom and Spain

Pack of Tesco classic margh pizza

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 24 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score D

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Tomato Purée, Mozzarella Medium Fat Soft Cheese, Mature Cheddar Cheese, Tomato, Mozzarella Full Fat Soft Cheese, Water, Semolina (Wheat), Rapeseed Oil, Basil, Salt, Yeast, Malted Wheat Flour, Lemon Juice, Maize Starch, Garlic Purée, Flour Treatment Agent (Ascorbic Acid)

Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid

As written on the pack

Wheat Flour [Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin], Tomato Purée, Mozzarella Medium Fat Soft Cheese (Milk) (13%), Mature Cheddar Cheese (Milk) (7%), Tomato, Mozzarella Full Fat Soft Cheese (Milk) (3.5%), Water, Semolina (Wheat), Rapeseed Oil, Basil, Salt, Yeast, Malted Wheat Flour, Lemon Juice, Maize Starch, Garlic Purée, Flour Treatment Agent (Ascorbic Acid).

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

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

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 21 margherita pizzas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 13th. 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 5059697699368, last edited 24 July 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.