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Is Tesco Stone baked Thin Mediterranean Vegetable Pizza ultra-processed?

380g Vegetable pizza Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Tesco Stone baked Thin Mediterranean Vegetable 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:

  • 38 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed vegetable pizza

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, Tomato Purée, Mozzarella Full Fat Soft Cheese, Red and Yellow Peppers 7% (Red Pepper, Yellow Pepper, Sunflower Oil, Sugar, Salt, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Garlic, Chilli), Water, Cheddar Cheese, Red and Yellow Peppers 5%, Spinach 3.5%, Red Onion 3.5%, Spring Onion 2.5%, Onion, Emmental Medium Fat Hard Cheese, Single Cream, Crème Fraîche, Yeast, Dextrose, Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Blue Cheese, Sunflower Oil, Garlic, Sugar, Pea Starch, Herbs, Spices, Potato Starch, Sourdough Culture (Wheat), including cereals containing gluten, V Suitable for

As written on the pack

Wheat Flour, Tomato Purée, Mozzarella Full Fat Soft Cheese (Milk) (7%), Marinated Grilled Red and Yellow Peppers (7%) [Red Pepper, Yellow Pepper, Sunflower Oil, Sugar, Salt, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Garlic, Chilli], Water, Cheddar Cheese (Milk) (5%), Red and Yellow Peppers (5%), Spinach (3.5%), Red Onion (3.5%), Spring Onion (2.5%), Onion, Emmental Medium Fat Hard Cheese (Milk), Single Cream (Milk), Crème Fraîche (Milk), Yeast, Dextrose, Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Blue Cheese (Milk), Sunflower Oil, Garlic, Sugar, Pea Starch, Dried Herbs, Spices, Potato Starch, Sourdough Culture (Wheat). Allergy Advice For allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold. Also may contain celery. V Suitable for.vegetarians

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.
6 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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 10 vegetable pizza

From least to most processed, this one ranks 7th. 60% of the vegetable pizza 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 10 vegetable pizza, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5054775299010, 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.