Is Italpizza Mcennedy Pizza Chocolate Cookie ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 64 ingredients
- 2 additives
- Nutri-Score D
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Vetemjöl, sås med chokladsmak 26.1% (skummjölk 21.1%, socker (processing marker), majsstärkelse (processing marker), fruktsocker (ultra-processing marker), kakaopulver 0.1%, salt (processing marker), aromer (ultra-processing marker), stabiliseringsmedel (xantangummi (ultra-processing marker))), vatten, kakbitar 4.4%, vetemjöl, vegetabiliska fetter (processing marker) (kokos, solros), smör (processing marker), socker (processing marker), av mörk choklad (socker (processing marker), kakaomassa, kakaosmör (processing marker), emulgeringsmedel (ultra-processing marker) (sojalecitin), naturlig vaniljarom (ultra-processing marker)), naturlig arom (ultra-processing marker), kakaokexsmulor 3.9% (vetemjöl, socker (processing marker), vegetabiliska fetter (processing marker) (kokos, solros), fettreducerat kakaopulver 0.3%, mjölk, naturlig arom (ultra-processing marker)), chokladbitar 3.3%, mörk choklad 1.1% (socker (processing marker), kakaomassa, kakaosmör (processing marker), emulgeringsmedel (ultra-processing marker) (sojalecitin), naturlig vaniljarom (ultra-processing marker)), vit choklad 1.1% (socker (processing marker), kakaosmör (processing marker), helmjölkspulver (processing marker), skummjölkspulver (processing marker), laktos (ultra-processing marker) (av mjölk), vasslepulver (ultra-processing marker) (av mjölk), emulgeringsmedel (ultra-processing marker) (sojalecitin), naturlig vaniljarom (ultra-processing marker)), solrosolja (processing marker), mascarponeost (grädde, surhetsreglerande medel (citronsyra)), extra jungfruolja (processing marker), salt (processing marker), jäst
Additives: E330 Citric acid , E415 Xanthan gum
As written on the pack
Vetemjöl, sås med chokladsmak 26,1 % (skummjölk 21,1 %, socker, majsstärkelse, fruktsocker, kakaopulver 0,1 %, salt, aromer, stabiliseringsmedel (xantangummi)), vatten, kakbitar 4,4 % (vetemjöl, vegetabiliska fetter (kokos, solros), smör, socker, bitar av mörk choklad (socker, kakaomassa, kakaosmör, emulgeringsmedel (sojalecitin), naturlig vaniljarom), naturlig arom), kakaokexsmulor 3,9 % (vetemjöl, socker, vegetabiliska fetter (kokos, solros), fettreducerat kakaopulver 0,3 %, mjölk, naturlig arom), chokladbitar 3,3 % (mörk choklad 1,1 % (socker, kakaomassa, kakaosmör, emulgeringsmedel (sojalecitin), naturlig vaniljarom), vit choklad 1,1 % (socker, kakaosmör, helmjölkspulver, skummjölkspulver, laktos (av mjölk), vasslepulver (av mjölk), emulgeringsmedel (sojalecitin), naturlig vaniljarom)), solrosolja, mascarponeost (grädde, surhetsreglerande medel (citronsyra)), extra jungfruolja, salt, jäst.
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.
- E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
- 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.
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.
- Lactose Lactose is milk sugar, crystallised industrially from whey, a by-product of cheese making.
- Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
- Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
8 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.
- Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
- 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 fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
- Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.
Among 191 frozen pizzas
From least to most processed, this one ranks 165th. 84% of the frozen pizzas here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 20849252, 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.