Mac & Cheese Pizza
The processing score reflects 46 ingredients, including preservatives, modified ingredients and emulsifiers or gums. No nutrient exceeds our high thresholds.
Nutrition Highlights
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Ingredients
18 listed · 5 flagged for reviewPIZZA SAUCE AND PEPPERONI: TOMATO PUREE (WATER, TOMATO PASTE), WATER, PEPPERONI (PORK, BEEF, SALT, 2% OR LESS OF WATER, DEXTROSE, SPICES, LACTIC ACID STARTER CULTURE, OLEORESIN OF PAPRIKA, GARLIC POWDER, SODIUM NITRITE, BHA, BHT, CITRIC ACID), SUGAR, MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL, GARLIC PUREE, SPICES, DRIED ONIONS, SALT, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, DRIED GARLIC, PAPRIKA, SMOKE FLAVORING, XANTHAN GUM]. COOKED PASTA: WATER, SEMOLINA, WHEAT GLUTEN. CHEESE: PART-SKIM MOZZARELLA CHEESE AND MODIFIED CORNSTARCH (PART-SKIM MOZZARELLA CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, SALT, CULTURES, ENZYMES], MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, NONFAT MILK, FLAVORS), MOZZARELLA CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, NONFAT MILK, CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES).
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Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?
In our analysis, Mac & Cheese 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.
- Natural Flavors (Smoke Flavoring): Despite being natural, these are highly processed extracts.
- Stabilizers & Gums (Xanthan Gum]. Cooked Pasta: Water): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.
Within Frozen Dinners, this product is more processed than about 37% of the 5,358 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 Mac & Cheese 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: Pepperoni (Pork, Beef, Salt, 2% Or Less Of Water, Dextrose, Spices, Lactic Acid Starter Culture, Oleoresin Of Paprika, Garlic Powder, Sodium Nitrite, Bha, Bht, Citric Acid), Sugar.
Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.
- Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator
In this product: Extra Virgin Olive Oil.
Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.
- Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator
In this product: Salt.
Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.
- MineralsProcessing indicator
In this product: Potassium Chloride.
Added minerals often compensate for processing.
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