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Is Carlos Double Pepperoni ultra-processed?

330 g Pepperoni pizzas Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Carlos Double 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:

  • 43 ingredients
  • 4 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

Wheat Flour, Tomato Sauce (Tomato Purée, Sugar, Dried Garlic, Herbs, Pepper), Mozzarella Cheese, Water, pepperoni 9% (Pork, Pork Fat, Salt, Dextrose, Spices, Spice Extracts, Antioxidants (Extracts of Rosemary), Sodium Ascorbate, Preservative (Sodium Nitrite)), mini smoked pepperoni 5% (Pork, Pork Fat, Salt, Dextrose, Spices, Spice Extracts, Sugar, Antioxidants, Sodium Erythorbate, Extracts of Rosemary, Preservative (Sodium Nitrite)), Rapeseed Oil, Yeast, Salt, Dextrose, Herbs, Dried Garlic, Pepper, WARNING To avoid danger of suffocation, keep this wrapper away from babies and small children

Additives: E250 Sodium nitrite , E301 Sodium ascorbate , E316 Sodium erythorbate , E392 Extracts of rosemary

As written on the pack

Wheat Flour, Tomato Sauce (Tomato Purée, Sugar, Dried Garlic, Dried Herbs, Pepper), Mozzarella Cheese (Milk), Water, SMOKED PEPPERONI (9%) (Pork, Pork Fat, Salt, Dextrose, Spices, Spice Extracts, Antioxidants: Extracts of Rosemary, Sodium Ascorbate; Preservative: Sodium Nitrite), MINI SMOKED PEPPERONI (5%) (Pork, Pork Fat, Salt, Dextrose, Spices, Spice Extracts, Sugar, Antioxidants; Sodium Erythorbate, Extracts of Rosemary; Preservative: Sodium Nitrite), Rapeseed Oil, Yeast, Salt, Dextrose, Dried Herbs, Dried Garlic, Pepper. ALLERGY ADVICE: For allergens, see ingredients in bold. May also contain celery. No artificial colours or flavourings. WARNING To avoid danger of suffocation, keep this wrapper away from babies and small children.

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.
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.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.
  • 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 10th. 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 4088600456409, 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.