Buffalo Style Chicken Pizza

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Buffalo Style Chicken Pizza scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Natural Flavors (Buffalo Style Sauce (Buffalo Wing Sauce [Distilled Vinegar, Aged Cayenne Red Peppers, Salt, Water, Canola Oil, Paprika, Xanthan Gum, Natural Butter Type Flavor And Garlic Powder], Soybean Oil, Modified Food Starch, Xanthan Gum)): Despite being natural, these are highly processed extracts.
• Stabilizers & Gums (Buffalo Style Fully Cooked Lightly Breaded Skinless Boneless Diced Chicken Breast Meat With Rib Meat Skinless Boneless Chicken Breast Fillets With Rib Meat, Sauce [Aged Cayenne Red Peppers, Distilled Vinegar, Water, Salt, Natural Flavor, Garlic Powder], Water, Seasoning [Rice Flour, Salt, Dehydrated Garlic, Extractives Of Paprika, Spice, Spice Extractives], Isolated Soy Protein Product [Isolated Soy Protein, Modified Food Starch, Unmodified Corn Starch, Carrageenan, With Less Than 2% Soy Lecithin], Sodium Phosphates, Natural Flavor, Lightly Breaded With Wheat Flour, Modified Corn Starch, Dextrose, Caramel Color, Pepper Sauce [Red Pepper, Distilled Vinegar, Salt], Paprika Extract [Color] , Green Onions, Parsley): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.

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 Buffalo Style Chicken 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.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Soybean Oil.

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

Sugars & Natural SweetenersProcessing indicator

In this product: Dextrose.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Industrial FermentationProcessing indicator

In this product: Yeast.

Industrial fermentation for additive production.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.

Food Bases & AlkalisProcessing indicator

In this product: Leavening (Starch, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate).

Common in baking, excessive use indicates processing.