Personal Big, Bold & Meaty Pizza

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Personal Big, Bold & Meaty Pizza scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Chemical Preservatives (Bha, Bht): Synthetic preservatives are UPF indicators.
• Stabilizers & Gums (Citric Acid Added To Help Protect Flavor (Beef, Pork, Water, Bread Crumbs [Wheat, Flour, Water, Salt, Yeast, Also May Contain Pure Vegetable Shortening (Soybean And/Or Cottonseed Oil), Ammonium Chloride, Calcium Propionate], Romano Cheese [Pasteurized Cow'S Milk, Culture, Salt, Enzymes], Ricotta Cheese [Whey, Milk, Cream, Vinegar, And Xanthan Gum, Locust Bean Gum, Guar Gum, (Stabilizers)], Liquid Egg Whites, Textured Soy Protein [Soy Protein Concentrate, Caramel Color], Salt, Dried Garlic, Spices, Parsley, Brown Sugar, Caramel Color, Disodium Inosinate And Disodium Guanylate, Bha, Bht, Citric Acid)): Industrial stabilizers common in 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 Personal Big, Bold & Meaty 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: Crust (Bleached Flour [Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour], Water, Shortening Flakes [Palm Oil, Soy Lecithin, Natural Butter Flavor], Sugar, Yeast, Sweet Dairy Whey, Salt, Soybean Oil, Distilled Monoglycerides [Monoglycerides, Ascorbic Acid And Citric Acid {Preservatives}], Dough Conditioner [Soy Flour, Dextrose, Calcium Sulfate, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Wheat Flour, Tricalcium Phosphate, Fungal Enzymes, Ascorbic Acid], Dough Conditioner [Whey, Ammonium Sulfate, L-Cysteine], Enrichment [Wheat Starch, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid, Silicon Dioxide {Flow Aid}]), Sauce (Diced Tomatoes [Tomatoes, Tomato Juice, Citric Acid, Calcium Chloride], Water, Tomato Paste, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Modified Cornstarch, Blend Of Romano And Parmesan Cheeses [Pasteurized Part-Skim Cow'S Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes], Salt, Citric Acid, Spices, Sodium Benzoate And Potassium Sorbate [Preservatives], Garlic Powder, Onion Powder), Pepperoni (Pork And Beef, Salt, Spices, Dextrose, Lactic Acid Starter Culture, Oleoresin Of Paprika, Flavorings, Sodium Ascorbate, Sodium Nitrite, Bha, Bht, Citric Acid), Cooked Italian Sausage (Pork, Spices, Water, Salt, Corn Syrup Solids, Paprika, Sodium Phosphate, Flavoring), and 1 more.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Natural ColorsProcessing indicator

In this product: Caramel Color Added.

Natural sources but still indicate processing.