Is Pizza Kit Monte Castello ultra-processed?

1 Pizza dough Sold in El Salvador

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Dextrose
Glucose
Gluten

23 ingredients
3 additives
Nutri-Score A

Less processed pizza dough

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

Pizzadeg 67% (Vetemjöl), vatten, vetegluten (ultra-processing marker), etylalkohol, bakpulver (e575, e501), dextros (ultra-processing marker), rapsolja, salt (processing marker), olivolja (processing marker), jäst, mjölbehandlingsmedel (askorbinsyra), Tomatsås (processing marker) 33% (tomatpuré 93%), solrosolja (processing marker), lök, salt (processing marker), basilika, oregano, vitpeppar

Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid , E501 Potassium carbonates , E575 Glucono-delta-lactone

As written on the pack

Pizzadeg (67%): Vetemjöl, vatten, vetegluten, etylalkohol, bakpulver (E575, E501), dextros, rapsolja, salt, olivolja, jäst, mjölbehandlingsmedel (askorbinsyra). Tomatsås (33%): tomatpuré (93%), solrosolja, lök, salt, basilika, oregano, vitpeppar.

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.
Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.

3 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.

Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 26 pizza dough

From least to most processed, this one ranks 24th. 50% of the pizza dough 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 26 pizza dough, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7611612142007, last edited 31 May 2025), 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 A (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.