Is Trader Joe's Cauliflower Pizza Crusts ultra-processed?

Breads Sold in the United Kingdom

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Cheese

16 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score E

Less processed breads

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Spelt Sourdough Bread Waitrose 8 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 1

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

cauliflower, liquid whole eggs (eggs, citric acid (to maintain color)), parmesan cheese (processing marker) (pasteurized skim milk, cheese cultures, salt (processing marker), microbial enzyme), deactivated yeast, garlic (garlic, water, phosphoric acid), dried basil dried oregano

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E338 Phosphoric acid

As written on the pack

SHREDDED CAULIFLOWER, LIQUID WHOLE EGGS (EGGS, CITRIC ACID [TO MAINTAIN COLOR]), GRATED PARMESAN CHEESE (PASTEURIZED SKIM MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, MICROBIAL ENZYME), DEACTIVATED YEAST, MINCED GARLIC (GARLIC, WATER, PHOSPHORIC ACID), DRIED BASIL DRIED OREGANO.

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

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

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,388 breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 639th. 71% of the breads 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 2,388 breads, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00709613, last edited 6 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 E (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.