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Is Chicago Town Takeaway Stuffed Crust Loaded Pepperoni with Tomato Sauce Filled Crust ultra-processed?

645 g Pepperoni pizzas Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Chicago Town Takeaway Stuffed Crust Loaded Pepperoni with Tomato Sauce Filled Crust

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:

  • 39 ingredients
  • 8 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 (with calcium, niacin (B3), iron, thiamin (B1)), tomato puree, water, mozzarella cheese 14%, pork 8%, beef pepperoni 8% (pork, beef fat, salt, spices, sugar, dextrose, garlic powder, extracts of rosemary, sodium ascorbate, smoke flavouring, spice extract, sodium nitrite, smoke), vegetable oils (palm vegetable oils, rapeseed vegetable oils), yeast, salt, sugar, modified potato starch, guar gum, monc-and diacetyl tartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids, garlic, herbs and spices, ascorbic acid, flavouring, beta-carotene

Additives: E160a Carotene , E160ai Beta-carotene , E250 Sodium nitrite , E300 Ascorbic acid , E301 Sodium ascorbate , E392 Extracts of rosemary , E412 Guar gum , E472d Tartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E472d Tartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids.

As written on the pack

WHEAT flour (with calcium, niacin (B3), iron, thiamin (B1)), tomato puree, water, MOZZARELLA CHEESE (14%), pork and beef pepperoni (8%) (pork, beef fat, salt, spices, sugar, dextrose, garlic powder, antioxidants (extracts of rosemary, sodium ascorbate), smoke flavouring, spice extract, preservative (sodium nitrite), smoke), vegetable oils (palm, rapeseed), yeast, salt, sugar, modified potato starch, stabiliser (guar gum), emulsifier (monc-and diacetyl tartaric acid esters of mono - and diglycerides of fatty acids), garlic, herbs and spices, flour treatment agent (ascorbic acid), flavouring, colour (beta-carotene).

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.

  • E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
  • E472d Tartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids A food additive authorised for industrial food production.
  • 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.

  • 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.
  • 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 32nd. 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 5019312896435, last edited 10 June 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.