Is Coop Pizzatopping ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 25 ingredients
- 5 additives
- Nutri-Score D
Less processed grated cheese
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Ost (processing marker) 49% (mjölk, salt (processing marker), mjölksyrakultur, löpe, konserveringsmedel (processing marker) (e251 (processing marker)), färgämne (ultra-processing marker) (e160a (ultra-processing marker))), smältprodukt 49% (vatten, potatisstärkelse (processing marker), palmolja, salt (processing marker), bambufiber (ultra-processing marker), skummjölkspulver (processing marker), smältsalt (e339, e330), konserveringsmedel (processing marker) (e202 (processing marker)), färgämne (ultra-processing marker) (e160a (ultra-processing marker)), arom (ultra-processing marker)), potatisstärkelse (processing marker)
Additives: E160a Carotene , E202 Potassium sorbate , E251 Sodium nitrate , E330 Citric acid , E339 Sodium phosphates
As written on the pack
Ost 49% (mjölk, salt, mjölksyrakultur, löpe. konserveringsmedel (E 251), färgämne (E 160a)), smältprodukt 49% (vatten, potatisstärkelse, palmolja, salt, bambufiber, skummjölkspulver, smältsalt (E 339, E 330), konserveringsmedel (E 202), färgämne (E 160a), arom), potatisstärkelse.
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.
- Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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.
- Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
8 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.
- E202 Potassium sorbate 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.
- E251 Sodium nitrate 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.
- Cheeses Products in the category "Cheeses" are at least group 3.
- Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
- Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.
- Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.
Among 73 grated cheese
From least to most processed, this one ranks 73rd. 33% of the grated cheese here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7340011300755, last edited 2 April 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.