Is Gorbys Margherita ultra-processed?

Frozen pizzas Sold in Sweden

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Emulsifier
Glucose
Gluten
E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

29 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score B

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

vetemjöl (malt av KORN), tomat, vatten, mozzarella (processing marker) 11.5% (mjölk, salt (processing marker), startkultur, mjölkkoagulerande enzym), _ost (processing marker), tomatpuré, rapsolja (rapsolja, vatten, emulgeringsmedel (ultra-processing marker) (e471 (ultra-processing marker)), salt (processing marker)), torkad surdeg av bovete, vete, salt (processing marker), potatismjöl, jäst, vitlök, socker (processing marker), kryddor (bland annat oregano), vetegluten (ultra-processing marker), druvsocker (ultra-processing marker), majsstärkelse (processing marker)

Additives: E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

As written on the pack

VETEMJÖL (malt av KORN), tomat, vatten, mozzarella (11,5%) (MJÖLK, salt, startkultur, mjölkkoagulerande enzym), OST, tomatpuré, rapsolja (rapsolja, vatten, emulgeringsmedel E471, salt), torkad surdeg av bovete/VETE, salt, potatismjöl, jäst, vitlök, socker, kryddor (bl.a. oregano), VETEGLUTEN_, druvsocker, majsstärkelse.

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.
Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.

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.
Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.

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 125th. 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 7310960038160, 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 B (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.