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Is Billys Super Size - Pepperoni ultra-processed?

660 g Pepperoni pizzas Sold in Sweden

Pack of Billys Super Size - Pepperoni

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:

  • 41 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed pepperoni 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

vetemjöl (malt av KORN, e300), vatten, OST, tomat, pepperoni 5% (griskött 71%, fett från gris, salt, socker, kryddor, e392, e316, kryddextrakt, e250, rökarom), tomatpuré, rapsolja, Mozzarella (mjölk, salt, startkultur, mikrobiologiskt löpe), crème fraiche, surdeg av VETE, bovete, rågmjöl (malt av KORN), salt, olivolja, jäst, socker, modifierad stärkelse, kryddor (bland annat vitlök, oregano, basilika, rosmarin), vitvinsvinäger, vetegluten

Additives: E14XX Modified Starch , E250 Sodium nitrite , E300 Ascorbic acid , E316 Sodium erythorbate , E392 Extracts of rosemary

As written on the pack

VETEMJÖL (malt av KORN, mjölbehandlingsmedel E300), vatten, OST, tomat, pepperoni (5%) (griskött (71%), fett från gris, salt, socker, kryddor, antioxidationsmedel (E392, E316), kryddextrakt, konserveringsmedel E250, rökarom), tomatpuré, rapsolja, Mozzarella (MJÖLK, salt, startkultur, mikrobiologiskt löpe), CRÈME FRAICHE, torkad surdeg av VETE/bovete, fullkorns RÅGMJÖL (malt av KORN), salt, olivolja, jäst, socker, modifierad stärkelse, kryddor (bl. a. vitlök, oregano, basilika, rosmarin), vitvinsvinäger, VETEGLUTEN.

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.

  • E14xx Modified Starch Modified starches (E1400 to E1452) are starches treated physically, with enzymes or chemically so that they thicken and hold up to heating, freezing or acidity better than ordinary starch.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.

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.
7 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.

  • E250 Sodium nitrite Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • 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 34 pepperoni pizzas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 24th. 94% of the pepperoni 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 34 pepperoni pizzas, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7310960055198, last edited 21 August 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.