Is Tesco finest Ham, Chestnut Mushroom & Mascarpone Wood Fired Pizza ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 47 ingredients
- 4 additives
- Nutri-Score D
Less processed pizzas
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium, folic acid, iron, niacin, thiamin), mozzarella full fat soft cheese, water, roasted formed ham with added water 8% (pork leg, water, salt (processing marker), stabiliser (tripotassium phosphate), antioxidant (sodium ascorbate), preservative (processing marker) (sodium nitrate (processing marker))), chestnut mushroom 7%, whole milk, mascarpone full fat soft cheese, rapeseed oil, tomato purée, whipping cream, semolina (wheat), parmigiano reggiano cheese (processing marker), cornflour, parsley, salt (processing marker), extra virgin olive oil (processing marker), yeast, wheat starch (processing marker), lemon juice, garlic, deactivated yeast, porcini mushroom, butter (processing marker), malted wheat flour, dextrose (ultra-processing marker), black pepper, thyme, wheat gluten (ultra-processing marker), white pepper, muscovado sugar (processing marker), made using british pork
Additives: E251 Sodium nitrate , E301 Sodium ascorbate , E340 Potassium phosphates , E340iii Tripotassium phosphate
As written on the pack
wheat flour [wheat flour, calcium, folic acid, iron, niacin, thiamin], mozzarella full fat soft cheese (milk), water, roasted formed ham with added water (8%) [pork leg, water, salt, stabiliser (tripotassium phosphate), antioxidant (sodium ascorbate), preservative (sodium nitrate)], chestnut mushroom (7%), whole milk, mascarpone full fat soft cheese (milk) (6%), rapeseed oil, tomato purée, whipping cream (milk), semolina (wheat), parmigiano reggiano cheese (milk), cornflour, parsley, salt, extra virgin olive oil, yeast, wheat starch, lemon juice, garlic, deactivated yeast, porcini mushroom powder, butter (milk), malted wheat flour, dextrose, black pepper, thyme, wheat gluten, white pepper, muscovado sugar. made using british pork. allergy advice
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.
9 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.
- 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.
- Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
- Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
- 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.
Among 371 pizzas
From least to most processed, this one ranks 252nd. 78% of the pizzas here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5063445787153, last edited 27 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 D (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.