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Is Tesco Four Cheese Stone baked Pizza ultra-processed?

Vegetarian pizzas Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Tesco Four Cheese Stone baked 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
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed vegetarian 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 Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Tomato Purée, Mozzarella Full Fat Soft Cheese, Water, Mild Cheddar Cheese, Red Cheddar Cheese (with Colour (Beta Carotene)), Monterey Jack Full Fat Hard Cheese, Yeast, Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Sugar, Herbs, Garlic Purée, Dried Garlic, White Pepper, Flour Treatment Agent (Ascorbic Acid), Sourdough Culture (Wheat)

Additives: E160a Carotene , E160ai Beta-carotene , E300 Ascorbic acid

As written on the pack

Wheat Flour [Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin], Tomato Purée, Mozzarella Full Fat Soft Cheese (Milk) (17%), Water, Mild Cheddar Cheese (Milk) (5%), Red Cheddar Cheese (with Colour: Beta Carotene) (Milk) (4%), Monterey Jack Full Fat Hard Cheese (Milk) (1%), Yeast, Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Sugar, Herbs, Garlic Purée, Dried Garlic, White Pepper, Flour Treatment Agent (Ascorbic Acid), Sourdough Culture (Wheat).

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.

  • E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 94 vegetarian pizzas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 67th. 63% of the vegetarian 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 94 vegetarian pizzas, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5059697689628, 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.