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Is TESCO finest Margherita Wood Fired Pizza ultra-processed?

1 pizza (362g) Pizzas Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of TESCO finest Margherita Wood Fired 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:

  • 26 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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

Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium, Folic Acid, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Mozzarella Full Fat Soft Cheese, Tomato, Water, Mozzarella Medium Fat Soft Cheese Balls, Rapeseed Oil, Tomato Purée, Regato Medium Fat Hard Cheese, Semolina (Wheat), Basil Leaf, Salt, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Yeast, Wheat Starch, Basil, Deactivated Yeast, Malted Wheat Flour, Dextrose, Wheat Gluten

As written on the pack

Wheat Flour [Wheat Flour, Calcium, Folic Acid, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin], Mozzarella Full Fat Soft Cheese (Milk) (15%), Tomato, Water, Mozzarella Medium Fat Soft Cheese Balls (Milk) (9%), Rapeseed Oil, Tomato Purée, Regato Medium Fat Hard Cheese (Milk), Semolina (Wheat), Basil Leaf, Salt, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Yeast, Wheat Starch, Basil, Deactivated Yeast, Malted Wheat Flour, Dextrose, 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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • 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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 371 pizzas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 215th. 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 5063250544910, last edited 24 June 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.