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Is Grandiosa Pepperoni ultra-processed?

350 g Pepperoni pizzas Sold in Sweden

Pack of Grandiosa 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:

  • 35 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed pepperoni 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

VETEmjöl, tomatpuré, mozzarellaOST, vatten, OST, pepperoni (fläskkött, salt, druvsocker, stärkelse, antioxidant (e301, e392), kryddor och kryddextrakt (bland annat paprika, kryddnejlika, vitlök), starterkultur, konserveringsmedel (e250)), fett (rapsolja, rapsfett), kryddor och kryddextrakt (bland annat vitlök, libbsticka, chipotle chili, koriander), salt, socker, vete, jäst, stabiliseringsmedel (mono- och diglycerider av fettsyror), naturlig arom

Additives: E250 Sodium nitrite , E301 Sodium ascorbate , E392 Extracts of rosemary , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

As written on the pack

VETEmjöl, tomatpuré, mozzarellaOST, vatten, OST, pepperoni (fläskkött, salt, druvsocker, stärkelse, antioxidant (E301, E392), kryddor och kryddextrakt (bl.a. paprika, kryddnejlika, vitlök), starterkultur, konserveringsmedel (E250)), vegetabilisk fett (rapsolja, fullhärdat rapsfett), kryddor och kryddextrakt (bl.a. vitlök, libbsticka, chipotle chili, koriander), salt, socker, VETEskållning, jäst, stabiliseringsmedel (mono-och diglycerider av fettsyror), naturlig arom.

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.

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.
  • Rapeseed oil An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
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.
  • 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.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 34 pepperoni pizzas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 23rd. 94% of the pepperoni 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 34 pepperoni pizzas, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7310240072167, 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.