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Is Screamin' Sicilian Pizza Co. Holy Pepperoni Pepperoni Pizza ultra-processed?

Pepperoni pizzas Sold in the United States

Pack of Screamin' Sicilian Pizza Co. Holy Pepperoni Pepperoni 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:

  • 73 ingredients
  • 11 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed pepperoni 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

Crust (wheat flour (flour, enzyme), water, breadcrumbs (wheat flour, yeast, sugar, salt), soybean oil, yeast, salt, unsalted butter (cream, natural flavors), vital wheat gluten, flour (flour, yeast), sour flavoring (wheat starch, flour, citric acid, acetic acid, vegetable shortening (partially hydrogenated soybean oil, cottonseed oil)), inactive yeast, lecithin, encapsulated baking soda (sodium bicarbonate, hydrogenated cotton seed oil), vinegar, whey (whey, wheat flour), dough conditioner (wheat flour), ascorbic acid, enzymes), cheeses (low moisture whole milk mozzarella cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), parmesan, romano cheese blend (both made from cow's milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes)), sauce (tomatoes, garlic, sugar, salt, oregano, spices), pepperoni (pork, beef, salt, spices, dextrose, lactic acid starter culture, oleoresin of paprika, flavoring, sodium nitrite, bha, bht, citric acid)

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E250 Sodium nitrite , E260 Acetic acid , E300 Ascorbic acid , E320 Butylated hydroxyanisole (bha) , E321 Butylated hydroxytoluene , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E330 Citric acid , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

Crust (wheat flour [flour, enzyme], water, breadcrumbs [wheat flour, yeast, sugar, salt], soybean oil, yeast, salt, unsalted butter [cream, natural flavors], vital wheat gluten, fermented flour [flour, yeast], sour flavoring [wheat starch, flour, citric acid, acetic acid, vegetable shortening {partially hydrogenated soybean oil & cottonseed oil}], inactive yeast, lecithin, encapsulated baking soda [sodium bicarbonate, hydrogenated cotton seed oil], vinegar, cultured whey solids [cultured whey, wheat flour], dough conditioner [wheat flour, ascorbic acid, enzymes]), cheeses (low moisture whole milk mozzarella cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes], parmesan and romano cheese blend [both made from cow's milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes]), sauce (tomatoes, garlic, sugar, salt, oregano, spices), pepperoni (pork, beef, salt, spices, dextrose, lactic acid starter culture, oleoresin of paprika, flavoring, sodium nitrite, bha, bht, citric acid).

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.

  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Hydrogenated oil Hydrogenation turns liquid oil into a solid fat that resists going rancid.
  • 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.
10 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.
  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • 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 fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
  • 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 34 pepperoni pizzas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 34th. 94% of the pepperoni 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 34 pepperoni pizzas, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0075706151011, last edited 4 July 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.