Is Garant Pizza Pepperoni ultra-processed?

385g Pizzas Sold in Sweden

Pack of Garant Pizza Pepperoni

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:

  • 38 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed 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

Pizzabotten 55% (vetemjöl, vatten, salt (processing marker), jäst, extra jungfru olivolja (processing marker)), tomatsås (processing marker) (passerade tomater, tomatpuré, olivolja (processing marker), socker (processing marker), salt (processing marker), basilika, oregano), mozzarellaost (processing marker) 18% (mjölk, ystenzym, salt (processing marker), potatisstärkelse (processing marker), syrningskultur), pepperonikorv 7% (griskött, grisfett, salt (processing marker), druvsocker (ultra-processing marker), kryddor, kryddextrakt, svål, antioxidationsmedel (e301), vitlöks, örter, starterkultur, konserveringsmedel (processing marker) (e250 (processing marker)), surhetsreglerande medel (e330)), solrosolja (processing marker)

Additives: E250 Sodium nitrite , E301 Sodium ascorbate , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Pizzabotten 55% (vetemjöl, vatten, salt, jäst, extra jungfru olivolja), tomatsås (passerade tomater, tomatpuré, olivolja, socker, salt, basilika, oregano), mozzarellaost 18% (mjölk, ystenzym, salt, potatisstärkelse, syrningskultur), pepperonikorv 7% (griskött, grisfett, salt, druvsocker, kryddor, kryddextrakt, svål, antioxidationsmedel (E301), vitlökspulver, örter, starterkultur, konserveringsmedel (E250), surhetsreglerande medel (E330)), solrosolja.

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
9 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.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • 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.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 371 pizzas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 129th. 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 7340083471674, last edited 2 April 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.