Is Waitrose Wood-fired King prawn, Garlic & Chili Sourdough Pizza ultra-processed?

464 g Pizzas Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Dextrose
Glucose
Gluten

48 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score C

Less processed 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

Sourdough starter 22% (wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), water, wheat flour, wheat starch (processing marker), wheat, sourdough culture (wheat)), wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), mozzarella cheese balls, king prawns, mozzarella cheese (processing marker), tomato, water, tomato concentrate, wheat semolina, tomato purée, extra virgin olive oil (processing marker), salt (processing marker), red chilli, garlic, rapeseed oil, coriander, yeast, basil, flat leaf parsley, wheat flour, dextrose (ultra-processing marker), deactivated yeast, malted wheat flour, vegetable oils (processing marker) (rapeseed oil, sunflower oil), muscovado sugar (processing marker), concentrated lemon juice, acidity regulator (citric acid), wheat gluten (ultra-processing marker)

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Sourdough starter (22%) (wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), water, wheat flour, wheat starch, malted wheat, sourdough culture (wheat)), wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), mozzarella cheese balls (milk), king prawns (crustaceans) (12%), mozzarella cheese (milk), tomato, water, tomato concentrate, wheat semolina, tomato purée, extra virgin olive oil, salt, red chilli, garlic, rapeseed oil, coriander, yeast, basil, flat leaf parsley, wheat flour, dextrose, deactivated yeast, malted wheat flour, vegetable oils (rapeseed oil, sunflower oil), muscovado sugar, concentrated lemon juice, acidity regulator (citric acid), wheat gluten

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

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 371 pizzas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 220th. 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 5000169657218, 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.