Cheese Pizza, Cheese

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

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

• Stabilizers & Gums (Low Moisture Mozzarella Cheese [ (Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes)Powdered Cellulose (To Prevent Caking)], Pecorino Romano Cheese [ (Sheep'S Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes)Powdered Cellulose (To Prevent Caking)]): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.
• Emulsifiers (Soy Lecithin): Industrial emulsifiers indicate 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 Cheese Pizza, Cheese'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.

Synthetic VitaminsProcessing indicator

In this product: Crust [Enriched Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Wheat Starch, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Water, Soybean Oil, Yeast, Dextrose, Baking Powder (Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Corn Starch, Monocalcium Phosphate), Calcium Propionate (Preservative)].

Fortification often compensates for processing losses.

Food AcidsProcessing indicator

In this product: Sauce [Tomatoes, Salt, Sugar, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Garlic, Spices, Citric Acid].

Common in both traditional and industrial foods.