Is Dr. Oetker Ristorante Pizza Bolognese ultra-processed?

375 g Frozen pizzas Sold in Sweden, Belgium and France

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavour enhancer
E621 Monosodium glutamate

24 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score C

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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

tomato purée 29%, WHEAT flour, minced beef 12%, cheese (processing marker) 7.7% (mozzarella, edam), rapeseed oil, deep-fried onions 3.6% (onions, rapeseed oil), tomato 3.6%, water, baker's yeast, sugar (processing marker), salt (processing marker), herbs, flavour enhancer (ultra-processing marker) (monosodium glutamate (ultra-processing marker)), garlic, spices, mushrooms, potato starch (processing marker), tomato paste, onions

Additives: E621 Monosodium glutamate

As written on the pack

29% tomato purée, WHEAT flour, 12 % minced beef, 7,7% CHEESE (firmed MOZZARELLA, EDAM), rapeseed oil, 3,6% deep-fried onions (onions, rapeseed oil), 3,6 % tomato pieces, water, baker's yeast, sugar, salt, herbs, flavour enhancer (monosodium glutamate), garlic, spices, powdered mushrooms, potato starch, tomato paste, onions.

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.

E621 Monosodium glutamate Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is the sodium salt of glutamic acid, made by fermentation and used to strengthen savoury taste.
Flavour enhancer Flavour enhancers such as monosodium glutamate (E621) strengthen savoury taste without adding a flavour of their own.

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.
Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 191 frozen pizzas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 64th. 84% of the frozen 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 191 frozen pizzas, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4001724820307, last edited 14 March 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.