Pepperoni Pizza, Pepperoni

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

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

• Stabilizers & Gums (Low Moisture Part Skim Mozzarella Cheese [Pasteurized Part Skim Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes , Powdered Cellulose [To Prevent Caking]): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.
• Industrial Enzymes (Romano Cheese [ (Pasteurized Cow'S Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Oregano]): 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 Pepperoni Pizza, Pepperoni'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.

Industrial FermentationProcessing indicator

In this product: Crust [Wheat Flour, Water, Soybean Oil, Yeast, Salt, Calcium Propionate (Preservative), Sugar, L-Cysteine].

Industrial fermentation for additive production.

Food AcidsProcessing indicator

In this product: Bht And Citric Acid.

Common in both traditional and industrial foods.