Authentic Cheese Chicago Deep Dish Pizza, Authentic Cheese

Why Does This Score Highly Processed?

In our analysis, Authentic Cheese Chicago Deep Dish Pizza, Authentic Cheese scores Highly Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Industrial Enzymes (Cheese: [Low Moisture Mozzarella Cheese (Pasteurized Part Skim Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes)]. Spice Topping: Romano Cheese: (Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes)): Industrial enzyme use indicates significant processing.
• Stabilizers & Gums (Powdered Cellulose): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.

Within Pizza, this is among the less processed of the 4,362 products we've analyzed.

Processing classification reflects ingredient and additive analysis, not a judgment of any product's safety, quality, or healthfulness.

What These Ingredients Tell Us

We group Authentic Cheese Chicago Deep Dish Pizza, Authentic Cheese's ingredients into ingredient categories and note how each relates to food processing. The notes below describe the category, not this specific product's formulation.

Food Bases & AlkalisProcessing indicator

In this product: Dough: [Flour (Wheat Flour)Water, Dough Conditioner (Sugar, Cream Of Tartar, Beta Carotene), Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Yeast, Corn Oil].

Common in baking, excessive use indicates processing.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.

MineralsProcessing indicator

In this product: Calcium Chloride.

Added minerals often compensate for processing.