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Pepperoni pizzas, from least to most processed

We track 34 pepperoni pizzas, 94% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Hot pockets.

What makes pepperoni pizzas ultra-processed

The signs of ultra-processing found most often, and the share of pepperoni pizzas that contain each:

Processed food (2)

  1. 1 Hot pockets Nestlé · 4.5 oz 3
  2. 2 Against the grain pepperoni pizza Against The Grain Gourmet 3

Ultra-processed food (32)

  1. 3 Thin Crust Pizza Uncured Pepperoni Quest 4
  2. 4 Billys Pan Pizza Pepperoni Gunnar Dafgård Ab 4
  3. 5 Pepperoni Tony's Pizza · 500 g 4
  4. 6 Trattoria Alfredo Deliziosa Inferno Lidl · 330 g 4
  5. 7 Pizza Pepperoni Coop · 390 g 4
  6. 8 Hearty Food Thin Pepperoni Pizza Hearty Food Co. · 314 g 4
  7. 9 Stonebaked Thin Double Pepperoni PizzaPrice Marked Tesco · 330g 4
  8. 10 Double Pepperoni Carlos · 330 g 4
  9. 11 Pepperoni-Salame Ristorante 4
  10. 12 Pizzeria Stromboli Spicy Salami Calabrese & Ventricina Crosta & Mollica · 447g 4
  11. 13 Pepperoni Mozzarella Pesto Dr. Oetker Ristorante 4
  12. 14 American Style Pizza Pepperoni Coop · 435 g 4
  13. 15 Pizza Margherita 47 g 4
  14. 16 Pepperoni pizza Tesco 4
  15. 17 Pepperoni Pizza EVERYDAY Essentials 4
  16. 18 american pepperoni Pizza Express · 250g 4
  17. 19 The American Pepperoni Stonebaked Tesco 4
  18. 20 Stonebaked Pepperoni Hand Stretched Pizza Sainsbury's 4
  19. 21 Goodfellas Thin Pizza Pepperoni 332g Goodfella's · 332 g 4
  20. 22 Pepperoni Pizza Waitrose · 385g 4
  21. 23 Pepperoni Grandiosa · 350 g 4
  22. 24 Billys Super Size - Pepperoni Billys · 660 g 4
  23. 25 Carlos takeaway double pepperoni Aldi 4
  24. 26 Stone Baked Double Pepperoni Co-Op · 327 g 4
  25. 27 2 Deep Dish Pepperoni Pizzas Chicago Town · 2x160 g 4
  26. 28 Original Deep Dish 2 Pepperoni Chicago Town · 2x155 g 4
  27. 29 Pizza Domana - Pepperoni Maxtop · 305 g 4
  28. 30 My Pizza Slice BFF Beef Pepperoni Dr. Oetker · 140g 4
  29. 31 Pan Pizza Pepperoni Supreme Grandiosa · 570g 4
  30. 32 Takeaway Stuffed Crust Loaded Pepperoni with Tomato Sauce Filled Crust Chicago Town · 645 g 4
  31. 33 Pepperoni Italian Calabrese Style Pizza Dr. Oetker · 540g 4
  32. 34 Holy Pepperoni Pepperoni Pizza Screamin' Sicilian Pizza Co. 4

Within each group, products with fewer signs of ultra-processing, additives and ingredients come first. This ordering is ours, for comparison; it is not part of NOVA.