Bacon & Sausage Pizza

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Bacon & Sausage Pizza scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Dough Conditioners (L-Cysteine): Industrial bread additives not used in home baking.
• Industrial Enzymes (Toppings: Natural Cheese Blend [Mozzarella, Provolone And Romano Cheeses (Pasteurized Cow'S Milk, Cheese Cultures, Enzymes, Salt)], Romano Cheese (Pasteurized Cow'S Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes). Crust: Enriched Bleached Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid)): Industrial enzyme use indicates significant processing.

Within Pizza, this product is more processed than about 24% 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 Bacon & Sausage Pizza'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.

Sugars & Natural SweetenersProcessing indicator

In this product: Sauce (Tomatoes, Corn Syrup, Salt, Modified Corn Starch, Soybean Oil, Dehydrated Onion, Spices, Olive Oil, Dehydrated Garlic, Natural Flavors, Distilled Vinegar), Cooked Sausage (Pork, Water, Salt, Spices, Sugar, Sodium Phosphates), Fully Cooked Bacon Topping (Cured With Water, Salt, Sugar, Smoke Flavoring, Sodium Erythorbate And/Or Sodium Ascorbate And/Or Sodium Phosphate, Flavoring, Sodium Nitrite. May Also Contain: Maple Flavoring, Honey, Dehydrated Pork Broth, Potassium Chloride, Potassium Lactate, Sodium Diacetate), Sugar.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Soybean Oil.

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.

Industrial FermentationProcessing indicator

In this product: Yeast.

Industrial fermentation for additive production.

Natural PreservativesProcessing indicator

In this product: Calcium Propionate.

Natural sources but industrial application.