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Is Trattoria Alfredo High Protein Pizza Margherita with Crispy Base ultra-processed?

254 g Margherita pizzas Sold in Ireland, Bulgaria and the Netherlands

Pack of Trattoria Alfredo High Protein Pizza Margherita with Crispy Base

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:

  • 19 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed margherita 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

Mozzarella Soft Cheese 27.1%, Tomato Sauce 21.2% (Tomato Purée 15.2%, Tomato Pulp 4.9%, Dextrose, Salt, Olive Oil, Dried Oregano), Water, Wheat Flour, Modified Wheat Starch, Textured Wheat Protein (Wheat Protein, Wheat Flour), Wheat Gluten, Sunflower Oil, Salt, Oregano, Yeast

As written on the pack

27.1% Mozzarella Soft Cheese (Milk), 21.2% Tomato Sauce (15.2% Tomato Purée, 4,9% Tomato Pulp, Dextrose, Salt, Olive Oil, Dried Oregano), Water, Wheat Flour, Modified Wheat Starch, Textured Wheat Protein (Wheat Protein, Wheat Flour), Wheat Gluten, Sunflower Oil, Salt, Oregano, Yeast.

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.

  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.

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.
6 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.

  • 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.
  • 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 21 margherita pizzas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 20th. 38% of the margherita 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 21 margherita pizzas, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489539780, last edited 10 August 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.