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Is Thin and crispy pizza ultra-processed?

Pizzas Sold in the United States

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 36 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Multigrain crust (wheat flour, water, vegetable oil (canola oil, olive oil), flaxseed, yeast, sugar, salt, whole oat flour), sauce (tomato puree (water, tomato paste), extra virgin olive oil, red wine vinegar, salt, spices, garlic, onion), low-moisture mozzarella cheese (pasteurized whole milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), mushrooms, red bell peppers, green bell peppers, yellow bell peppers, parmesan cheese (pasteurized whole milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), red onion

As written on the pack

Multigrain crust (wheat flour, water, vegetable oil [canola oil, pure olive oil], flaxseed, yeast, sugar, salt, whole oat flour), sauce (tomato puree [water, tomato paste], extra virgin olive oil, red wine vinegar, salt, spices, garlic*, onion*), low-moisture mozzarella cheese (pasteurized whole milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), mushrooms, red bell peppers, green bell peppers, yellow bell peppers, parmesan cheese (pasteurized whole milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), red onion.

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

Culinary ingredients

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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

Preservation and traditional processing

Keep food safe or ferment it, like preservatives and cultures. A sign of processing, not ultra-processing.

  • Microbial culture Microbial cultures ferment foods such as yoghurt, cheese and sourdough.
  • Enzyme Enzymes carry out traditional processes such as cheese making and baking.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 371 pizzas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 54th. 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 0020662006042, last edited 23 April 2020), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.