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Is Waitrose Vegetable antipasti pizza ultra-processed?

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Pack of Waitrose Vegetable antipasti 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:

  • 43 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score B

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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), water, mozzarella cheese, artichokes 10% (artichoke, vegetable oils (sunflower oil, rapeseed oil), garlic, concentrated lemon juice, parsley, salt, thyme, flavourings, antioxidant (L-ascorbic acid), rapeseed oil, muscovado sugar), tomatoes, chargrilled mixed peppers 6% (red pepper, yellow pepper), wheat semolina, black olives 2%, rapeseed oil, spinach, tomato purée, yeast, salt, basil, low sodium sea salt, wheat gluten, deactivated yeast, olive oil, red wine vinegar, acidity regulator (citric acid), including cereals containing gluten

Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid

As written on the pack

Wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), water, mozzarella cheese (milk), marinated artichokes (10%) (artichoke, vegetable oils [sunflower oil, rapeseed oil], garlic, concentrated lemon juice, parsley, salt, thyme, flavourings, antioxidant (L-ascorbic acid), rapeseed oil, muscovado sugar), tomatoes, chargrilled mixed peppers (6%) (red pepper, yellow pepper), wheat semolina, pitted black olives (2%), rapeseed oil, spinach, tomato purée, yeast, salt, basil, low sodium sea salt, wheat gluten, deactivated yeast, olive oil, red wine vinegar, acidity regulator (citric acid) ALLERGY ADVICE: For allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold.

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.

  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.

  • Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
5 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.
  • 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 371 pizzas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 170th. 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 5000169594438, 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.