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Is Paolos Vedugnsbakad Pizza Pesto Mozzarella e pesto ultra-processed?

420 g Frozen pizzas Sold in Sweden

Pack of Paolos Vedugnsbakad Pizza Pesto Mozzarella e pesto

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:

  • 37 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Pizzabotten 50% (vetemjöl, extra jungfru olivolja, salt, jäst), mozzarellaost 24% (mjölk, mjölksyrakultur, ostlöpe, salt), tomatsås (passerade tomater, tomatpuré, olivolja, socker, salt, oregano, basilika), tomater 6% (tomater, olivolja, persilja, salt, vitlök), basilika sås 4% (vatten, olivolja, basilika, spenat, hårdost (mjölk, salt, mjölksyrakultur, ostlöpe), majsstärkelse, vitlök), solrosolja

As written on the pack

Pizzabotten 50% (vetemjöl, extra jungfru olivolja, salt, jäst), mozzarellaost 24% (mjölk, mjölksyrakultur, ostlöpe, salt), tomatsås (passerade tomater, tomatpuré, olivolja, socker, salt, oregano, basilika), marinerade tomater 6% (tomater, olivolja, persilja, salt, vitlök), basilika sås 4% (vatten, olivolja, basilika, spenat, hårdost (mjölk, salt, mjölksyrakultur, ostlöpe), majsstärkelse, vitlök), solrosolja.

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.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • 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 191 frozen pizzas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 24th. 84% of the frozen 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 191 frozen pizzas, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7350060701168, 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.