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Is Tony's Pizza Pepperoni ultra-processed?

500 g Pepperoni pizzas Sold in Sweden

Pack of Tony's Pizza Pepperoni

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:

  • 38 ingredients
  • 5 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

Botten 57% (VETEmjöl, vatten, rapsolja, jäst, rörsocker, salt), OST 20% (mjölk, potatisstärkelse, salt 1.3%, syrningskultur, löpe, ystenzym, kalciumklorid, e202), Tomatsås 11% (vatten, tomatkoncentrat, oregano, basilika, svartpeppar, socker), Pepperoni 12%, Griskött, grisfett, salt, druvsocker, kryddor, svål, kryddextrakt, e301, e392, vitlökspulver, örter, starterkultur, e250, e330

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E250 Sodium nitrite , E301 Sodium ascorbate , E330 Citric acid , E392 Extracts of rosemary

As written on the pack

Botten 57% (VETEmjöl, vatten, rapsolja, jäst, rörsocker, salt) OST 20% (Pastöriserad mjölk, klumpförebyggande medel: potatisstärkelse, salt 1,3%, syrningskultur, löpe, ystenzym, kalciumklorid, konserveringsmedel (E202)) Tomatsås 11% (vatten, tomatkoncentrat, oregano, basilika, svartpeppar, socker) Pepperoni 12 % (Griskött, grisfett, salt, druvsocker, kryddor, svål, kryddextrakt, antioxidationsmedel (E 301, E 392), vitlökspulver, örter, starterkultur, konserveringsmedel (E 250), surhetsreglerande medel (E 330).

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
8 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.

  • E202 Potassium sorbate 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 5th. 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 7350076361486, last edited 9 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.