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Is Combos Pizzeria Baked Pretzel ultra-processed?

6.3oz Pretzel Sold in the United States and France

Pack of Combos Pizzeria Baked Pretzel

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:

  • 37 ingredients
  • 15 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed pretzel

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, palm oil, dairy product, maltodextrin, modified corn starch, less than 2% of (salt), tomato powder, baking soda, sodim acid pyrophosphate, bakers and cheddar cheese blend (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), dextrose, soy lecithin, buttermilk, natural and artificial flavors, onion powder, spices, garlic powder, lactic acid, whey, citric acid, yellow 5 lake, yellow 6 lake, red 40 lake, blue 1 lake, whey protein, malic acid, sugar, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, wheat, soybeans, paprika extract

Additives: E102 Tartrazine , E110 Sunset yellow FCF , E129 Allura red , E133 Brilliant blue FCF , E160c Paprika extract , E270 Lactic acid , E296 Malic acid , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E330 Citric acid , E450 Diphosphates , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate , E627 Disodium guanylate , E631 Disodium inosinate

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E450 Diphosphates.

As written on the pack

wheat flour, palm oil, dairy product solids, maltodextrin, modified corn starch, less than 2% of: salt, tomato powder, leavening (baking soda, sodim acid pyrophosphate), bakers and cheddar cheese blend (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), dextrose, soy lecithin, buttermilk, natural and artificial flavors, onion powder, spices, garlic powder, lactic acid, whey, citric acid, colors (yellow 5 lake, yellow 6 lake, red 40 lake, blue 1 lake), whey protein concentrate, malic acid, sugar, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, wheat, soybeans, paprika extract. contains milk, wheat and soy.

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.

  • E102 Tartrazine Tartrazine is a synthetic yellow azo dye (FD&C Yellow No. 5 in the US).
  • E110 Sunset yellow FCF Sunset yellow FCF is a synthetic orange azo dye (FD&C Yellow No. 6 in the US).
  • E129 Allura red Allura red AC is a synthetic red azo dye (FD&C Red No. 40 in the US).
  • E133 Brilliant blue FCF Brilliant blue FCF is a synthetic blue dye, listed in the US as FD&C Blue No. 1.
  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
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  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
  • E627 Disodium guanylate Disodium guanylate is a flavour enhancer usually used together with MSG.
  • E631 Disodium inosinate Disodium inosinate is a flavour enhancer usually used together with MSG.
  • 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.
  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
  • Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
4 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.

  • Salty snacks Products in the category "Salty snacks" 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 64 pretzel

From least to most processed, this one ranks 64th. 63% of the pretzel 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 64 pretzel, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0041419420065, last edited 15 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.