Is Red Baron Brick Oven Cheese-Trio Pizza ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 48 ingredients
- 7 additives
- Nutri-Score D
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Cheeses (processing marker) (low moisture part skim mozzarella cheese, parmesan cheese (pasteurized part skim milk, salt (processing marker), enzymes), smoke-flavored provolone cheese (milk, salt (processing marker), enzymes, smoke flavoring (ultra-processing marker))), flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, nonfat milk, tomato paste, soybean oil (processing marker), wheat flour, yeast, contains 2% and less of (sugar (processing marker)), salt (processing marker), guar gum (ultra-processing marker), oat fiber (ultra-processing marker), modified food starch (ultra-processing marker), spice, wheat gluten (ultra-processing marker), sodium acid pyrophosphate (ultra-processing marker), maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), sodium bicarbonate, mono- and diglycerides (ultra-processing marker), garlic, hydrolyzed soy, corn protein, paprika, onion, soy flour, garlic, monocalcium phosphate, sodium stearoyl lactylate (ultra-processing marker), l-cysteine, enzymes
Additives: E341 Calcium phosphates , E341i Monocalcium phosphate , E412 Guar gum , E450 Diphosphates , E450i Disodium diphosphate , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E481 Sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate
As written on the pack
Cheeses (low moisture part skim mozzarella cheese and parmesan cheese [cultured pasteurized part skim milk, salt, enzymes], smoke-flavored provolone cheese [cultured pasteurized milk, salt, enzymes, smoke flavoring]), enriched flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, nonfat milk, tomato paste, soybean oil, bleached wheat flour, yeast, contains 2% or less of: sugar, salt, guar gum, oat fiber, modified food starch, spice, wheat gluten, sodium acid pyrophosphate, maltodextrin, sodium bicarbonate, mono - and diglycerides, garlic, hydrolyzed soy and corn protein, paprika, onion, soy flour, garlic powder, monocalcium phosphate, sodium stearoyl lactylate, l-cysteine, enzymes.
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.
- E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
- E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
- E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
- E481 Sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
- Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.
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.
- Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
- Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
- Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
Among 371 pizzas
From least to most processed, this one ranks 364th. 78% of the pizzas here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0072180638106, last edited 21 May 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.