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Is Newman's Own Thin & Crispy Crust Four Cheese ultra-processed?

453g Cheese pizzas Sold in the United States

Pack of Newman's Own Thin & Crispy Crust Four Cheese

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 40 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

wheat flour, water, vegetable oil (canola oil, olive oil), yeast, sugar, salt, whole oat flour, low-moisture mozzarella cheese (pasteurized whole milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), tomato puree (water, tomato paste), vegetable oil (canola oil, olive oil), red wine vinegar, salt, spices, garlic, onion, cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), asiago cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), parmesan cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes)

As written on the pack

wheat flour, water, vegetable oil (canola oil and/or olive oil), yeast, sugar, salt, whole oat flour, low-moisture mozzarella cheese (pasteurized whole milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), tomato puree (water, tomato paste), vegetable oil (canola oil and/or olive oil), red wine vinegar, salt, spices, garlic, onion, cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), asiago cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), parmesan cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes)

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

Culinary ingredients

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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 39 cheese pizzas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 9th. 69% of the cheese 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 39 cheese pizzas, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0020662006004, last edited 21 May 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.