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Is Dr. Oetker Ristorante Pizza Mozzarella ultra-processed?

335 g Cheese pizzas Sold in the United Kingdom, Sweden and 17 more countries

Pack of Dr. Oetker Ristorante Pizza Mozzarella

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:

  • 30 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed cheese pizzas

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 (with calcium, iron, thiamin (B1), niacin (B3)), blend of MOZZARELLA and EDAM CHEESE 25%, tomato puree, cherry tomatoes 10%, vegetable oil (rapeseed vegetable oil), water, yeast, basil, salt, sugar, spinach, parsley, garlic, modified potato starch, e471, hydrolysed vegetable protein, pepper, maltodextrin, cayenne pepper, lemon juice, caramel, dextrose, pepper extract

Additives: E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

As written on the pack

WHEAT flour (with calcium, iron, thiamin (B1), niacin (B3)), blend of MOZZARELLA and EDAM CHEESE (25%), tomato puree, cherry tomatoes (10%), vegetable oil (rapeseed), water, yeast, basil, salt, sugar, spinach, parsley, garlic, modified potato starch, emulsifier (E 471), hydrolysed vegetable protein, pepper, maltodextrin, cayenne pepper, lemon juice, caramel, dextrose, pepper extract.

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.

  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
  • 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.
6 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.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 39 cheese pizzas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 36th. 69% of the cheese 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 39 cheese pizzas, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4001724819806, last edited 30 September 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.