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Is Crosta Mollica Stromboli Pizzetta ultra-processed?

2 x 217 g Pizzas Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Crosta Mollica Stromboli Pizzetta

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:

  • 49 ingredients
  • 3 additives

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Wheat Flour, Tomato Passata, Water, Mozzarella Cheese 12.3% (Cow's Milk), Ventricina Smoked Salami 5.6% (Pork Meat, Pork Fat, Salt, Preservative (Sodium Nitrite), Spices, Dextrose, Antioxidant (Ascorbic Acid)), Calabrese Spicy Salami 5.3% (Pork Meat, Chilli, Salt, Flavourings, Dextrose, Sugar, Spices, Smoke Flavour, Antioxidant (Ascorbic Acid), Preservatives (Sodium Nitrite), Potassium Nitrate), Crumbled Pepperoni 4.5% (Pork Meat, Pork Fat, Salt, Chilli, Spices, Sugar, Antioxidant (Ascorbic Acid), Preservative (Sodium Nitrite)), Sunflower Oil, Salt, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Garlic, Paprika, Oregano, Black Pepper, Yeast, Chilli

Additives: E250 Sodium nitrite , E252 Potassium nitrate , E300 Ascorbic acid

As written on the pack

Wheat Flour, Tomato Passata, Water, Mozzarella Cheese (12.3%) (Cow's Milk), Ventricina Smoked Salami (5.6%) (Pork Meat, Pork Fat, Salt, Preservative: Sodium Nitrite, Spices, Dextrose, Antioxidant: Ascorbic Acid), Calabrese Spicy Salami (5.3%) (Pork Meat, Chilli, Salt, Flavourings, Dextrose, Sugar, Spices, Smoke Flavour, Antioxidant: Ascorbic Acid, Preservatives: Sodium Nitrite, Potassium Nitrate), Crumbled Pepperoni (4.5%) (Pork Meat, Pork Fat, Salt, Chilli, Spices, Sugar, Antioxidant: Ascorbic Acid, Preservative: Sodium Nitrite), Sunflower Oil, Salt, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Roasted Garlic, Paprika, Oregano, Black Pepper, Yeast, Chilli

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.

  • 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.

  • 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.
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.

  • 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.
  • E252 Potassium 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 371 pizzas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 241st. 78% of the 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 371 pizzas, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060198645266, last edited 15 July 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.