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Is Dr. Oetker Ristorante Pizza Salame Mozzarella Pesto ultra-processed?

360 g Frozen pizzas Sold in Sweden, France and Germany

Pack of Dr. Oetker Ristorante Pizza Salame Mozzarella Pesto

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:

  • 36 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

wheat flour, tomato purée 23%, mozzarella cheese 10%, cherry tomatoes 9.4%, salami 8.1% (pork, pork fat, salt, spices, dextrose, stabiliser (sodium nitrite), antioxidant (extracts of rosemary), flavouring, smoke), rapeseed oil, edam cheese, water, baker's yeast, sugar, basil, salt, parsley, spinach, extra-virgin olive oil, modified starch, spices, lemon juice, garlic, emulsifier (mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids), oregano, hydrolysed vegetable protein, maltodextrin, caramelised sugar

Additives: E14XX Modified Starch , E250 Sodium nitrite , E392 Extracts of rosemary , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

As written on the pack

wheat flour, 23 % tomato purée, 10% firmed mozzarella cheese , 9,4% cherry tomatoes, 8,1% salami (pork, pork fat, salt, spices, dextrose, stabiliser (sodium nitrite), antioxidant (extracts of rosemary), flavouring, smoke), rapeseed oil, edam cheese , water, baker's yeast, sugar, basil, salt, parsley, spinach, extra-virgin olive oil, modified starch, spices, lemon juice, garlic, emulsifier (mono - and diglycerides of fatty acids), oregano, hydrolysed vegetable protein, maltodextrin, caramelised sugar,

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.

  • E14xx Modified Starch Modified starches (E1400 to E1452) are starches treated physically, with enzymes or chemically so that they thicken and hold up to heating, freezing or acidity better than ordinary starch.
  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • 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.
7 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.
  • 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 191 frozen pizzas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 183rd. 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 4001724004073, 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.