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Is Tesco Stone Baked Margherita Pizza ultra-processed?

252g Vegetarian pizzas Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Tesco Stone Baked Margherita 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:

  • 23 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Mozzarella Full Fat Soft Cheese 21%, Tomato Purée, Water, Mature Cheddar Cheese 7%, Tomato 5%, Semolina (Wheat), Rapeseed Oil, Yeast, Sea Salt, Basil, Sourdough Culture (Malted Wheat Flour, Wheat Flour), Lemon Juice, Cornflour, Garlic Purée

As written on the pack

Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Mozzarella Full Fat Soft Cheese 21% (Milk), Tomato Purée, Water, Mature Cheddar Cheese 7% (Milk), Tomato 5%, Semolina (Wheat), Rapeseed Oil, Yeast, Sea Salt, Basil, Sourdough Culture (Malted Wheat Flour, Wheat Flour), Lemon Juice, Cornflour, Garlic Purée.

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

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.

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 94 vegetarian pizzas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 22nd. 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 5057967575824, 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.