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Is Daiya Cheeze Lover's Pizza ultra-processed?

15.7 oz Pizzas Sold in the United States

Pack of Daiya Cheeze Lover's Pizza

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:

  • 47 ingredients
  • 6 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

gluten-free crust (water, tapioca starch, rice flour, potato starch, chickpea flour, milled flaxseed, rice starch, olive oil, cane sugar, yeast, sea salt, psyllium, chicory root, xanthan gum, locust bean gum), CUTTING BOARD COLLECTION CHEDDAR and MOZZARELLA STYLE SHREDS (filtered water, tapioca starch, coconut oil, expeller pressed (canola, safflower oil), natural flavors, chickpea protein, salt, potato protein, tricalcium phosphate, lactic acid, konjac gum, xanthan gum, yeast extract, annatto color, turmeric color, fruit, vegetable color, inactive yeast, potassium chloride), tomato basil sauce (water, tomatoes, olive oil, basil, black pepper, garlic, oregano, salt)

Additives: E100 Curcumin , E270 Lactic acid , E410 Locust bean gum , E415 Xanthan gum , E425 Konjac , E425i Konjac gum

As written on the pack

GLUTEN-FREE CRUST (WATER, TAPIOCA STARCH, RICE FLOUR, POTATO STARCH, CHICKPEA FLOUR, MILLED FLAXSEED, RICE STARCH, OLIVE OIL, CANE SUGAR, YEAST, SEA SALT, PSYLLIUM, CHICORY ROOT EXTRACT, XANTHAN GUM, LOCUST BEAN GUM), CUTTING BOARD COLLECTION CHEDDAR AND MOZZARELLA STYLE SHREDS (FILTERED WATER, TAPIOCA STARCH, COCONUT OIL, EXPELLER PRESSED: CANOLA AND/OR SAFFLOWER OIL, VEGAN NATURAL FLAVORS, CHICKPEA PROTEIN, SALT, POTATO PROTEIN, TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE, LACTIC ACID (VEGAN), KONJAC GUM, XANTHAN GUM, YEAST EXTRACT, ANNATTO COLOR, TURMERIC COLOR, FRUIT AND/OR VEGETABLE JUICE COLOR, INACTIVE YEAST, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE), TOMATO BASIL SAUCE (WATER, TOMATOES, OLIVE OIL, BASIL, BLACK PEPPER, GARLIC, OREGANO, SALT).

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.

  • E100 Curcumin Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
  • E410 Locust bean gum Locust bean gum (carob gum) is a thickener and stabiliser from the seeds of the carob tree.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • E425 Konjac A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
  • 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.
5 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.

  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 371 pizzas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 338th. 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 0871459001326, last edited 16 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.