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Is Rao's Brick Oven Crust Fire Roasted Vegetable Pizza ultra-processed?

20.6 oz Pizzas Sold in the United States

Pack of Rao's Brick Oven Crust Fire Roasted Vegetable Pizza

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:

  • 61 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

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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 (Enriched Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid, Enzymes, Ascorbic Acid), Water, Soybean Oil, Bread Crumbs (Wheat Flour, Sugar, Yeast, Salt), Sugar, Yeast, Salt, Olive Oil, Monocalcium Phosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate, L-cysteine, Whole Milk Mozzarella Cheese (Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Sauce (Tomatoes, Olive Oil, Onion, Salt, Garlic, Carrots, Spices), Yellow Pepper, Green Pepper, Red Onion, Mushroom, Red Pepper, Parmesan, Romano Cheese (Parmesan Cheese (Cultured, Part-Skim Milk, Salt, Enzymes), Romano Cheese From Cow's Milk (Cultured, Part-Skim Milk, Salt, Enzymes), Powdered Cellulose (Anticaking Agent), Salt), Spice Blend (Salt, Garlic, and Spice), Garlic Powder

Additives: E341 Calcium phosphates , E341i Monocalcium phosphate , E460 Cellulose , E460ii Powdered cellulose

As written on the pack

Crust (Enriched Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid, Enzymes, Ascorbic Acid), Water, Soybean Oil, Bread Crumbs (Wheat Flour, Sugar, Yeast, Salt), Sugar, Yeast, Salt, Olive Oil, Monocalcium Phosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate, L-cysteine, Whole Milk Mozzarella Cheese (Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Sauce (Italian Tomatoes, Olive Oil, Onion, Salt, Garlic, Carrots, Spices), Yellow Pepper, Green Pepper, Red Onion, Mushroom, Red Pepper, Parmesan and Romano Cheese (Parmesan Cheese [Cultured, Part-Skim Milk, Salt, Enzymes], Romano Cheese From Cow's Milk [Cultured, Part-Skim Milk, Salt, Enzymes], Powdered Cellulose [Anticaking Agent], Salt), Spice Blend (Salt, Garlic, and Spice), Garlic Powder.

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.

  • E460 Cellulose A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
7 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.
  • Anti-caking agent Anti-caking agents are substances which reduce the tendency of individual particles of a foodstuff to adhere to one another.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 371 pizzas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 136th. 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 0747479300223, last edited 22 August 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.