Is Sabatasso's Four-Cheese 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:
- 32 ingredients
- 4 additives
- Nutri-Score D
Less processed frozen pizzas and pies
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
low moisture part skim mozzarella (processing marker), fontina (processing marker), parmesan cheeses (processing marker), part skim milk, cheese cultures, salt (processing marker), enzymes, whey (ultra-processing marker), tapioca starch (processing marker), rice flour, tomatoes, tomato paste, water, rice starch (processing marker), modified rice starch (ultra-processing marker), vegetable oil (processing marker), soybean oil (processing marker), canola oil, asiago (processing marker), romano cheeses (processing marker), cow's milk, palm oil, sugar (processing marker), spice, xanthan gum (ultra-processing marker), citric acid, garlic, dried onion, dried garlic, onion powder, soy lecithin (ultra-processing marker), natural flavor (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E330 Citric acid , E415 Xanthan gum
As written on the pack
low moisture part skim mozzarella, fontina and parmesan cheeses, part skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, whey, tapioca starch, rice flour, tomatoes, tomato paste, water, rice starch, modified rice starch, vegetable oil, soybean oil, canola oil, asiago and romano cheeses, cow's milk, palm oil, sugar, spice, xanthan gum, citric acid, garlic, dried onion, dried garlic, toasted onion powder, soy lecithin, natural flavor
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.
- E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
- E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
- 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.
- 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.
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 233 frozen pizzas and pies
From least to most processed, this one ranks 195th. 85% of the frozen pizzas and pies here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0072180761804, last edited 15 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.