Pepperoni Pizza

What These Ingredients Tell Us

We group 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.

Stabilizers & GumsUPF marker

In this product: Sauce (Water, Tomato Paste, Seasoning (Salt, Sugar, Onion Powder, Spices, Garlic Powder, Xanthan And Guar Gum, Potassium Sorbate, Citric Acid, Tricalcium Phosphate, Soybean Oil), Modified Food Starch).

Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.

Synthetic VitaminsProcessing indicator

In this product: Crust (Enriched Flour (Wheat Flour, Barley Malt, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Water, Contains Less Than 2% Of Calcium Propionate, Dextrose, Fumaric Acid, Potassium Sorbate, Salt, Soy Lecithin, Vegetable Oil (Canola And/Or Soybean Oil), Yeast).

Fortification often compensates for processing losses.

MineralsProcessing indicator

In this product: Imitation Mozzarella Cheese (Water, Palm Oil, Casein, Mozzarella Cheese [Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes], Modified Food Starch, Contains 2% Or Less: Salt, Natural Flavor, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate, Sodium Phosphate, Lactic Acid, Sorbic Acid (As A Preservative), Beta Carotene).

Added minerals often compensate for processing.

Sugars & Natural SweetenersProcessing indicator

In this product: Chicken And Beef (Pork, Mechanically Separated Chicken, Beef, Salt, Contains 2% Or Less Of Spices, Dextrose, Lactic Acid Starter Culture, Sodium Ascorbate, Smoke Flavoring, Flavoring, Sodium Nitrite, Bha, Bht, Citric Acid, Contains One Or More Of: Water, Garlic Powder, Paprika, Oleoresin Of Paprika).

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.