Canadian Style Bacon Pizza

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

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

• Modified Starches (Modified Cornstarch): Chemical modification is a hallmark of UPF.
• Dough Conditioners (L-Cysteine Hydrochloride): Industrial bread additives not used in home baking.
• Emulsifiers (Soy Lecithin): Industrial emulsifiers indicate 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 Canadian Style Bacon 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: Canadian Bacon Chunked & Formed With Natural Juices - Naturally Smoked Made From Pork Sirloin Hips (Cured With Water, Salt, Less Than 2% Sugar, Corn Syrup, Sodium Phosphate, Sodium Ascorbate, Sodium Nitrite), Sugar.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: 2% Or Less Of Vegetable Oil (Soybean Oil And/Or Corn 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.

Food AcidsProcessing indicator

In this product: Citric Acid.

Common in both traditional and industrial foods.