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Is Tesco Finest Wood fired rostello ham, chestnut mushrooms & mascarpone 12'' pizza ultra-processed?

436g Pizzas Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Tesco Finest Wood fired rostello ham, chestnut mushrooms & mascarpone 12'' 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:

  • 68 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Stonebaked Wood Fired Base, Italian Mozzarella Medium Fat Cheese, San Marzano Tomato Sauce, Sautéed Chestnut Mushroom 8%, Rostello Ham 7%, Mascarpone Cheese With Mushroom Tapenade, Parsley, Black Pepper, Stonebaked Wood Fired Base contains (00' Wheat Flour), Tomato, Yeast, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Salt, Wheat Flour, Malted Wheat Flour, Flour Treatment Agent (Ascorbic Acid), San Marzano Tomato Sauce contains (San Marzano Tomato), Tomato Purée, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Cornflour, Sugar, Basil, Salt, Black Pepper, Garlic Purée, Sunflower Oil, Oregano, Sautéed Chestnut Mushroom contains (Chestnut Mushroom), Olive Oil, Garlic Purée, Rosemary, Salt, Black Pepper, Water, Salt, Pepper, Antioxidant (Sodium Ascorbate), Curing Salt (Sodium Nitrite), Garlic, Onion, Fennel, Nutmeg, Rosemary, Sugar, White Wine, Vinegar, Mascarpone Cheese With Mushroom Tapenade contains (Mascarpone Full Fat Soft Cheese, contains Acidity Regulator), Citric Acid, Mushroom Tapenade (Mushroom, Rapeseed Oil, Porcini Mushroom, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Salt, Porcini Mushroom, Garlic, Parsley, Chive), Basil, Salt

Additives: E250 Sodium nitrite , E300 Ascorbic acid , E301 Sodium ascorbate , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Stonebaked Wood Fired Base, Italian Mozzarella Medium Fat Cheese (Milk), San Marzano Tomato Sauce, Sautéed Chestnut Mushroom (8%), Rostello Ham (7%), Mascarpone Cheese With Mushroom Tapenade, Parsley, Black Pepper, Stonebaked Wood Fired Base contains: '00' Wheat Flour, Tomato, Yeast, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Salt, Fermented Wheat Flour, Malted Wheat Flour, Flour Treatment Agent (Ascorbic Acid), San Marzano Tomato Sauce contains: San Marzano Tomato, Tomato Purée, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Cornflour, Sugar, Basil, Salt, Black Pepper, Garlic Purée, Sunflower Oil, Oregano, Sautéed Chestnut Mushroom contains: Chestnut Mushroom, Olive Oil, Garlic Purée, Rosemary, Salt, Black Pepper, Rostello Ham contains: Pork, Water, Salt, Pepper, Antioxidant (Sodium Ascorbate), Curing Salt (Sodium Nitrite), Garlic, Onion, Fennel, Nutmeg, Rosemary, Sugar, White Wine, Vinegar, Mascarpone Cheese With Mushroom Tapenade contains: Mascarpone Full Fat Soft Cheese (Milk) (contains Acidity Regulator: Citric Acid), Mushroom Tapenade (Mushroom, Rapeseed Oil, Porcini Mushroom, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Salt, Porcini Mushroom Powder, Garlic, Parsley, Chive), Basil, Salt

What makes it processed

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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

Preservation and traditional processing

Keep food safe or ferment it, like preservatives and cultures. A sign of processing, not ultra-processing.

  • E250 Sodium nitrite 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.

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 371 pizzas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 82nd. 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 5053947757426, 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.