Celeste, Pepperoni Pizza
The processing score reflects 40 ingredients, including artificial colors, high-fructose corn syrup, preservatives, plus 4 more we flag.
Nutrition Highlights
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Ingredients
13 listed · 6 flagged for reviewTOPPING: SAUCE (TOMATO PUREE [WATER, TOMATO PASTE], SEASONING (SALT, SPICES, SUGAR, DEHYDRATED GARLIC), FLAVOR BLEND (MALTODEXTRIN, DEXTROSE, NATURAL SPICE OLEORESINS), MODIFIED CORN STARCH, XANTHAN GUM), IMITATION MOZZARELLA BLEND (WATER, PALM OIL, MODIFIED POTATO STARCH, RENNET CASEIN, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, SODIUM CITRATE, SALT, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, NATURAL FLAVOR, CARRAGEENAN, LACTIC ACID, TITANIUM DIOXIDE), MOZZARELLA [PASTEURIZED CULTURED REDUCED FAT MILK, SALT, ENZYMES], DICED PEPPERONI MADE WITH PORK-CHICKEN ADDED-SMOKE FLAVOR ADDED (PORK, MECHANICALLY SEPARATED CHICKEN, SALT, SPICES, WATER, DEXTROSE, SEASONINGS (NATURAL SPICE EXTRACTIVES, EXTRACTIVES OF PAPRIKA, NATURAL SMOKE FLAVOR, BHA, BHT, CITRIC ACID), LACTIC ACID STARTER CULTURE, SODIUM NITRITE). CRUST: MALTED WHEAT FLOUR (MALTED BARLEY FLOUR), WATER, SHORTENING FLAKE (PALM OIL, SOY LECITHIN, NATURAL BUTTER FLAVOR AND BETA CAROTENE), SOYBEAN OIL, YEAST, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, SALT, FERMENTED WHEAT FLOUR, CULTURED CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, DOUGH CONDITIONER (L-CYSTEINE MONOHYDROCHLORIDE).
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Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?
In our analysis, Celeste, Pepperoni Pizza scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:
- Artificial Colors (Imitation Mozzarella Blend (Water, Palm Oil, Modified Potato Starch, Rennet Casein, Modified Corn Starch, Sodium Citrate, Salt, Sodium Phosphate, Natural Flavor, Carrageenan, Lactic Acid, Titanium Dioxide)): Synthetic colors are definitive UPF markers.
- Corn-Based Sweeteners (High Fructose Corn Syrup): HFCS is a hallmark of ultra-processed foods.
- Stabilizers & Gums (Topping: Sauce (Tomato Puree [Water, Tomato Paste], Seasoning (Salt, Spices, Sugar, Dehydrated Garlic), Flavor Blend (Maltodextrin, Dextrose, Natural Spice Oleoresins), Modified Corn Starch, Xanthan Gum)): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.
- Industrial Enzymes (Mozzarella [Pasteurized Cultured Reduced Fat Milk, Salt, Enzymes]): 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 Celeste, Pepperoni 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.
- Food AcidsProcessing indicator
In this product: Diced Pepperoni Made With Pork-Chicken Added-Smoke Flavor Added (Pork, Mechanically Separated Chicken, Salt, Spices, Water, Dextrose, Seasonings (Natural Spice Extractives, Extractives Of Paprika, Natural Smoke Flavor, Bha, Bht, Citric Acid), Lactic Acid Starter Culture, Sodium Nitrite). Crust: Malted Wheat Flour (Malted Barley Flour).
Common in both traditional and industrial foods.
- Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator
In this product: Shortening Flake (Palm Oil, Soy Lecithin, Natural Butter Flavor And Beta Carotene), Soybean Oil.
Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils 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.
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