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Is Tesco Mixed Vegetable Pizza ultra-processed?

Frozen pizzas Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Tesco Mixed Vegetable 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:

  • 32 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Tomato Purée, Water, Mozzarella Full Fat Soft Cheese, Gouda Medium Fat Hard Cheese, Red Pepper 6%, Yellow Pepper 6%, Red Onion 3%, Red Pepper 3%, Spinach 3%, Tomatoes 3% (Tomatoes, Sunflower Oil, Salt, Herbs, Spices), Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Sugar, Yeast, Potato Starch, Wheat Starch, Herbs, Spices, Dried Garlic, Sourdough Culture (Wheat)

As written on the pack

Wheat Flour [Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin], Tomato Purée, Water, Mozzarella Full Fat Soft Cheese (Milk) (6%), Gouda Medium Fat Hard Cheese (Milk) (6%), Grilled Red Pepper (6%), Grilled Yellow Pepper (6%), Red Onion (3%), Red Pepper (3%), Spinach (3%), Marinated Semi Dried Tomatoes (3%) [Semi Dried Tomatoes, Sunflower Oil, Salt, Dried Herbs, Spices]. Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Sugar, Yeast, Potato Starch, Wheat Starch, Herbs, Spices, Dried Garlic, Sourdough Culture (Wheat). Allergy Advice

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.
  • 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.

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 191 frozen pizzas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 21st. 84% of the frozen 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 191 frozen pizzas, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5063250556661, last edited 18 April 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.