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Is Pizza donuana ultra-processed?

305 g Frozen pizzas Sold in Sweden

Pack of Pizza donuana

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:

  • 43 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed frozen pizzas

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

vetemjöl, vatten, lök, tomat, tomatkoncentrat, potatis, rapsolja, fläsk skinka 2.6% _ (fläsk 52% vatten, potatisstärkelse, protein, salt, mjölk (_laktos, vassla), sockerarter (maltodextrin, dextros), smakförstärkare (e621), e635, fläsk kollagenprotein, jästextrakt, smakämnen, hydrolyserad SOJAPROTEIN, konserveringsmedel (e250)), champinjoner 2.5%, OST 2.5% socker, morötter, salt, jäst, VETESTÄRKELSE modifieras, röd paprika 0.6%, grön paprika, vetegluten, kryddblandning, smakförstärkare (natriumglutamat), peppar, vitlök, mjölbehandlingsmedel (askorbinsyra)

Additives: E250 Sodium nitrite , E300 Ascorbic acid , E621 Monosodium glutamate , E635 Disodium 5'-ribonucleotide

As written on the pack

VETEMJÖL, vatten, lök, tomat, tomatkoncentrat, potatis, rapsolja, fläsk skinka 2,6% [fläsk 52% vatten, potatisstärkelse, vegetabiliskt protein (SOJA), salt, mjölk (LAKTOS, VASSLA), sockerarter (maltodextrin, dextros), smakförstärkare: E621, E635, fläsk kollagenprotein, jästextrakt, smakämnen (SELLERI), hydrolyserad SOJAPROTEIN, konserveringsmedel: E250], champinjoner 2,5%, OST 2,5% socker, morötter, salt, jäst, VETESTÄRKELSE modifieras, röd paprika 0,6%, grön paprika, VETEGLUTEN, kryddblandning, smakförstärkare: natriumglutamat, peppar, vitlök, mjölbehandlingsmedel: askorbinsyra,

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.

  • E621 Monosodium glutamate Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is the sodium salt of glutamic acid, made by fermentation and used to strengthen savoury taste.
  • E635 Disodium 5'-ribonucleotide A food additive authorised for industrial food production.
  • Flavour enhancer Flavour enhancers such as monosodium glutamate (E621) strengthen savoury taste without adding a flavour of their own.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.
  • Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
  • Lactose Lactose is milk sugar, crystallised industrially from whey, a by-product of cheese making.
  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
5 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.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 191 frozen pizzas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 190th. 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 5901537004767, 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.