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Is Dr. Oetker Ristorante Pizza Spinaci 390g ultra-processed?

390 g Frozen pizzas Sold in Australia, New Zealand and 7 more countries

Pack of Dr. Oetker Ristorante Pizza Spinaci 390g

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:

  • 18 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

wheat flour, tomato purée 24%, spinach 20%, cheese 14% (mozzarella, edam), rapeseed oil, water, baker's yeast, salt, sugar, modified starch, mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids, garlic, hydrolysed vegetable protein, maltodextrin, cayenne pepper, caramelised sugar

Additives: E14XX Modified Starch , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

As written on the pack

wheat flour, 24 % tomato purée, 20 % spinach, 14% cheese (firmed mozzarella, edam), rapeseed oil, water, baker's yeast, salt, sugar, modified starch, emulsifier (mono - and diglycerides of fatty acids), garlic, hydrolysed vegetable protein, maltodextrin, cayenne pepper, 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.
  • 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.

  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
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 126th. 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 4001724819400, last edited 3 October 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.