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Is Pizza Crosta Mollica ultra-processed?

465 g Pizzas Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Pizza Crosta Mollica

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:

  • 28 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

Wheat Flour, Water, Mozzarella Cheese 12.1% (Cow's Milk), Artichokes 6.6%, Prosciutto Cotto Ham 6.4% (Pork, Water, Salt, Dextrose, Sodium Ascorbate, Sodium Nitrite, Spices, Herbs), Tomato, Tomato Puree, Sunflower Oil, Taggiasca Olives 2.5%, Mascarpone Cheese (Cow's Milk), Salt, Cream (Cow's Milk), Olive Oil, Potato Starch, Black Pepper, Rosemary, Yeast

Additives: E250 Sodium nitrite , E301 Sodium ascorbate

As written on the pack

Wheat Flour, Water, Mozzarella Cheese (12.1%) (Cow's Milk). Artichokes (6.6%), Prosciutto Cotto Ham (6.4%) (Pork, Water, Salt, Dextrose, Antioxidant: Sodium Ascorbate, Preservative: Sodium Nitrite, Spices and Herbs), Tomato, Tomato Puree. Sunflower Oil, Taggiasca Olives (2.5%), Mascarpone Cheese (Cow's Milk), Salt, Cream (Cow's Milk), Olive Oil, Potato Starch, Black Pepper, Rosemary, Yeast.

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
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.

  • E250 Sodium nitrite Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • 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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • 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 173rd. 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 5060198644252, last edited 8 September 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.