Is King Arthur Baking Company Keto Wheat Pizza Crust Mix ultra-processed?

10.25 oz Cooking helpers Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Milk proteins
Modified starch
E491 Sorbitan monostearate

16 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score A

Less processed cooking helpers

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

MIX (vital wheat gluten, modified wheat starch (ultra-processing marker), cellulose, psyllium fiber blend, whey protein (ultra-processing marker), king arthur unbleached flour (wheat flour, enzyme, malted barley flour), salt (processing marker), inactive yeast), yeast (yeast, sorbitan monostearate (ultra-processing marker), ascorbic acid)

Additives: E491 Sorbitan monostearate

As written on the pack

MIX (VITAL WHEAT GLUTEN, MODIFIED WHEAT STARCH, CELLULOSE & PSYLLIUM FIBER BLEND, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, KING ARTHUR UNBLEACHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, ENZYME OR MALTED BARLEY FLOUR), SALT, INACTIVE YEAST), YEAST (YEAST, SORBITAN MONOSTEARATE, ASCORBIC ACID).

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.

E491 Sorbitan monostearate Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
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.

Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.

2 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.

Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 219 cooking helpers

From least to most processed, this one ranks 138th. 73% of the cooking helpers 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 219 cooking helpers, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0071012060177, last edited 18 February 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 A (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.