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Is Amy's Pizza Margherita ultra-processed?

Vegetarian pizzas Sold in the United States

Pack of Amy's Pizza Margherita

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 31 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

wheat flour, filtered water, tomato purée, whole milk mozzarella cheese (pasteurized whole milk, culture, vinegar, citric acid, lactic acid, salt, enzymes (without animal enzymes, rennet)), extra virgin olive oil, parmesan cheese (pasteurized part-skim milk, culture, salt, enzymes (without animal enzymes, rennet)), honey, basil, sea salt, expeller pressed high oleic oil (safflower oil, sunflower oil), garlic, cane sugar, yeast, spices

Additives: E270 Lactic acid , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

ORGANIC UNBLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, FILTERED WATER, ORGANIC TOMATO PURÉE, WHOLE MILK MOZZARELLA CHEESE (PASTEURIZED WHOLE MILK, CULTURE, VINEGAR, CITRIC ACID, LACTIC ACID, SALT, ENZYMES [WITHOUT ANIMAL ENZYMES OR RENNET]), ORGANIC EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL, PARMESAN CHEESE (PASTEURIZED PART-SKIM MILK, CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES [WITHOUT ANIMAL ENZYMES OR RENNET]), ORGANIC HONEY, ORGANIC BASIL, SEA SALT, EXPELLER PRESSED HIGH OLEIC SAFFLOWER AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL, ORGANIC GARLIC, ORGANIC CANE SUGAR, YEAST, SPICES

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

Culinary ingredients

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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 94 vegetarian pizzas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 33rd. 63% of the vegetarian 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 94 vegetarian pizzas, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0042272001996, last edited 4 May 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.