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Is Trader Joes Organic roasted vegetable pizza ultra-processed?

456 g Vegetable pizza Sold in the United States

Pack of Trader Joes Organic roasted vegetable pizza

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:

  • 40 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

ingredients organig wheat flour water, tomato pubee mozzarella cheese, milk sa microbial rennet starter coltope seasoned eggplant (eggplant, sunfloweron parsley, salt), zucchini (grilled zucchini sunflower oil parsley salt), cheese sauce (cream, water, fontal cheese, milk, salt, microbial bennetl tapioca starch, salt, zanthan gum), red onion, yellow peppers, red peppers, extra virgin olive oil, aged cheese (milk, salt, microbial rennet, starter culture), salt, sunflower oil, sourdough (wheat flour, water, amylase, dough conditioner (ascorbic acid, vitamin ci)), durum wheat semolina, garlic, yeast, black pepper, chili pepper

Additives: E1100 Alpha-Amylase , E300 Ascorbic acid

As written on the pack

ingredients organig wheat flour water, organic tomato pubee organic mozzarella cheese (organic milk sa microbial rennet starter coltope organic seasoned eggplant (organic grilled eggplant, organic sunfloweron organic parsley, salt) organic seasoned zucchini (organic grilled zucchini organic sunflower oil organic parsley salt), organic cheese sauce (organic cream, water, organic fontal cheese [organic milk, salt, microbial bennetl organic tapioca starch, salt, zanthan gum), organic red onion, organic grilled yellow peppers, organic grilled red peppers, organic extra virgin olive oil, organic aged cheese (organic milk, salt, microbial rennet, starter culture), salt, organic sunflower oil, organic sourdough (organic wheat flour, water, amylase, dough conditioner: ascorbic acid [vitamin ci), organic durum wheat semolina, organic garlic, yeast, organic black pepper, organic chili pepper. contains wheat, milk, may contain traces of soy.

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.
  • 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.

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

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 10 vegetable pizza

From least to most processed, this one ranks 4th. 60% of the vegetable pizza 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 10 vegetable pizza, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00547352, last edited 31 August 2025), 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.