Classic Crust Four Cheese Pizza

How it scored 45 / 100

Nutrition snapshot

Ingredients 45 listed

• 1 Mixed Cheese
  Generic umbrella term for a blend of unspecified cheeses. Specific cheeses (cheddar, mozzarella, parmesan, etc.) are not disclosed.
  Low
• 2 Cheddar
  Hard cow's milk cheese with FDA standard of identity (21 CFR 133.113); aged from a few months to several years.
  Safe
• 3 Provolone
  Italian semi-hard cheese made from cow's milk, aged 2-12 months.
  Low
• 4 Tomato
  Fruit of the Solanum lycopersicum plant.
  Safe
• 5 Flour
  Powder from milled grain, typically wheat (Triticum spp.) unless otherwise specified.
  Low
• 6 Water
  Water intended for human consumption; the most common ingredient in processed foods and beverages. Bottled water is regulated as a food unde…
  Safe
• 7 Palm Oil
  Edible oil extracted from the mesocarp of the fruit of Elaeis guineensis (oil palm). Semi-solid at room temperature; ~50% saturated fat (mos…
  Moderate
• 8 Vegetable Oil
  Generic term covering edible oils extracted from plant sources (soybean, canola, corn, sunflower, palm, etc.).
  Low
• 9 Sugar
  Sucrose, a disaccharide of glucose and fructose, refined from sugarcane or sugar beets.
  Moderate
• 10 Salt
  Sodium chloride (NaCl), a crystalline mineral compound composed of roughly 40% sodium and 60% chloride by mass.
  Low
• 11 Modified Starch
  Starch from corn, potato, tapioca, wheat, or rice that has been physically, enzymatically, or chemically modified (E1400-E1452) to improve c…
  Low
• 12 Spice
  A regulatory category (21 CFR 101.22) for aromatic vegetable substances used primarily for seasoning. Excludes onion, garlic, and celery, wh…
  Moderate
• 13 Sea Salt
  Sodium chloride (NaCl) obtained by evaporating seawater. Chemically identical to mined/refined salt, with trace minerals depending on source…
  Low
• 14 Maltodextrin
  A short-chain glucose polymer (3–20 glucose units, DE 3–20) produced by partial enzymatic or acid hydrolysis of corn, potato, rice, or wheat…
  Moderate
• 15 Dried Garlic
  Dehydrated bulbs of Allium sativum, sold as granules, flakes, or powder. A whole-food ingredient with the water removed for shelf stability.
  Safe
• 16 Hydrolyzed Soy And Corn Protein
  A blend of soy and corn proteins broken down by acid or enzymatic hydrolysis into shorter peptides and free amino acids.
  Low
• 17 Paprika
  Ground spice from dried Capsicum annuum peppers.
  Safe
• 18 Dehydrated Onion
  Dried, dehydrated bulbs of Allium cepa; available as flakes, granules, or powder.
  Safe
• 19 Flour Treatment Agent
  Generic class of additives used to improve baking quality of flour (oxidizers, reducers, bleaching agents) — e.g., ascorbic acid, L-cysteine…
  Low
• 20 Natural Flavouring
  A regulatory umbrella term (21 CFR 101.22) for flavor extracts derived from spices, fruit, vegetable, herb, bark, root, leaf, meat, seafood,…
  Low
• 21 Soya Lecithin
  A naturally occurring mixture of phospholipids (phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylinositol) extracted from soybean …
  Low
• 22 Low Moisture Part Skim Mozzarella
  Mozzarella cheese variant with less moisture and partly skimmed milk fat; the standard pizza cheese.
  Low
• 23 Parmigiano Reggiano
  Parmigiano-Reggiano is a hard, granular Italian cheese with PDO protection.
  Low
• 24 Semi-Skimmed Milk
  Cow's milk with reduced fat (typically 1.5-1.8% fat in EU; comparable to U.S. 'reduced fat' or 2% milk).
  Low
• 25 Lactic Ferments
  Live lactic-acid-producing bacterial cultures (typically Lactobacillus, Lactococcus, Streptococcus thermophilus, Leuconostoc) added to milk …
  Low
• 26 Enzyme
  Industrial food enzyme — protein catalysts derived from plants, animals, or microorganisms (often via fermentation), added to food to perfor…
  Low
• 27 Milk
  Lacteal secretion from cows or other domesticated ruminants (goats, sheep). Contains water, lactose, milk fat, casein and whey proteins, vit…
  Low
• 28 Annatto
  Natural carotenoid pigments (bixin, norbixin) extracted from seeds of the Bixa orellana tree.
  Low
• 29 Tomato Concentrate
  Concentrated tomato product made by removing water from tomato juice/pulp; includes paste and puree.
  Safe
• 30 Wheat Flour
  Powder ground from wheat grain (Triticum aestivum). Contains starch, gluten-forming proteins (gliadin, glutenin), bran, and germ depending o…
  Low
• 31 Barley Malt Flour
  Flour milled from barley (Hordeum vulgare) that has been germinated (malted) and dried.
  Low
• 32 Nicotinic Acid
  Nicotinic acid (niacin or vitamin B3, pyridine-3-carboxylic acid). E375 is the EU additive code for its use as a vitamin/nutrient added to f…
  Low
• 33 Reduced Iron
  Elemental iron powder (Fe) produced by reducing iron oxide with hydrogen or carbon monoxide; used as a food fortificant.
  Low
• 34 Thiamin Mononitrate
  Synthetic, stable form of vitamin B1 (thiamine). The nitrate salt is preferred for fortification because it tolerates heat and humidity bett…
  Low
• 35 Riboflavin
  Riboflavin (vitamin B2), a water-soluble B vitamin. Used as a yellow-orange food color (E101) and as a vitamin fortificant.
  Low
• 36 Folic Acid
  Synthetic form of folate (vitamin B9). Pteroylmonoglutamic acid, a water-soluble B vitamin essential for DNA synthesis and red blood cell fo…
  Low
• 37 Yeast
  Single-celled fungus, primarily Saccharomyces cerevisiae, used in fermentation and baking. A whole-food microorganism with millennia of food…
  Safe
• 38 Soya Bean
  Seed of Glycine max; legume rich in protein and oil.
  Low
• 39 Canola
  Canola (Brassica napus) — typically refers to canola oil, a low-erucic-acid rapeseed oil.
  Low
• 40 Soya Oil
  Vegetable oil extracted from soybeans (Glycine max), typically refined, bleached, and deodorized. High in polyunsaturated fats, particularly…
  Low
• 41 Ammonium Sulphate
  Ammonium sulfate ((NH4)2SO4), an inorganic salt used as a flour treatment agent and yeast nutrient.
  Low
• 42 L-Cysteine
  L-Cysteine — a sulfur-containing amino acid, used in food typically as L-cysteine hydrochloride.
  Low
• 43 Ascorbic Acid
  L-Ascorbic acid (vitamin C), a water-soluble vitamin and reducing agent.
  Low
• 44 Colour
  Generic ingredient term covering any of dozens of permitted colour additives — synthetic dyes (e.g. tartrazine E102, allura red E129, brilli…
  Low
• 45 Wheat Starch
  Starch isolated from wheat by separating it from gluten.
  Low