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Is Open Nature Cauliflower Crust Pizza Roasted Vegetable ultra-processed?

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Pack of Open Nature Cauliflower Crust Pizza Roasted Vegetable

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:

  • 53 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

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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

Crust (cauliflower, low moisture mozzarella cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), rice flour, tapioca starch, water, egg white, rice starch, sugar, yeast, salt, brown rice, garlic powder, italian seasoning, xanthan gum), sauce (water, tomato paste, seasoning (sugar, salt, dehydrated onion, garlic, spices), salt), low moisture mozzarella cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, and natamycin (to inhibit mold)), yellow bell peppers, red bell peppers, broccoli, red onion, parmesan, romano cheese blend (parmesan cheese (cow's milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), romano cheese (sheep's milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes)), oregano

Additives: E235 Natamycin , E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

Crust (cauliflower, low moisture mozzarella cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes], rice flour, tapioca starch, water, egg white, rice starch, sugar, yeast, salt, cultured brown rice, garlic powder, italian seasoning, xanthan gum), sauce (water, tomato paste, seasoning [sugar, salt, dehydrated onion and garlic, spices], salt), low moisture mozzarella cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, and natamycin [to inhibit mold]), roasted yellow bell peppers, roasted red bell peppers, broccoli, roasted red onion, parmesan and romano cheese blend (parmesan cheese [pasteurized part-skim cow's milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes], romano cheese [pasteurized sheep's milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes]), oregano.

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.
6 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.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 371 pizzas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 117th. 78% of the 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 371 pizzas, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0079893311180, last edited 24 July 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.