Is Amy's Cheese Pizza Snacks ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 27 ingredients
- 3 additives
- Nutri-Score D
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
wheat, whole wheat flour, part-skim mozzarella cheese (processing marker) (pasteurized part skim milk, culture (processing marker), salt (processing marker), enzymes (processing marker) (without animal enzymes, rennet)), tomato puree, lowfat milk, grade aa butter (cream, salt (processing marker), annatto (ultra-processing marker)), red onions, extra virgin olive oil (processing marker), baking powder (calcium phosphate, baking soda, corn-starch (processing marker)), sea salt (processing marker), nonfat dry milk (processing marker), honey (processing marker), spices, garlic, black pepper
Additives: E160b Annatto , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate
As written on the pack
ORGANIC WHEAT AND WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, PART-SKIM MOZZARELLA CHEESE (PASTEURIZED PART SKIM MILK, CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES [WITHOUT ANIMAL ENZYMES OR RENNET]), ORGANIC TOMATO PUREE, ORGANIC LOWFAT MILK, GRADE AA BUTTER (CREAM, SALT, ANNATTO), ORGANIC RED ONIONS, ORGANIC EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL, BAKING POWDER (CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, BAKING SODA, CORN-STARCH), SEA SALT, NONFAT DRY MILK, ORGANIC HONEY, SPICES*, ORGANIC GARLIC, BLACK PEPPER.
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.
- E160b Annatto Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
8 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.
- Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
- Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.
- Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.
- Microbial culture Microbial cultures ferment foods such as yoghurt, cheese and sourdough.
- Enzyme Enzymes carry out traditional processes such as cheese making and baking.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0042272001217, last edited 11 September 2025), 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 D (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.