Brand
DiGiorno
Made by
Nestlé USA
Aisle
Frozen meals, pizza and nuggets
Kind
frozen pizza
Barcode
00071921033392

DiGiorno

DiGiorno Original Rising Crust Pepperoni Pizza

Rising-crust frozen pizza topped with pepperoni and mozzarella, one of the best-selling frozen pizzas in the US.

Label check

Flagged ingredients5

Fails 2 of 5 standards. Read from the ingredient list below; what each check counts.

What was flagged, and the words it was read from

IngredientCheckOn the label as
Canola oilSeed oilsCANOLA OIL
Soybean oilSeed oilsSOYBEAN OIL
Corn oilSeed oilsCORN OIL
BHAPreservativesBHA
BHTPreservativesBHT

Ingredients as listed

ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WATER, LOW-MOISTURE PART-SKIM MOZZARELLA CHEESE (PART-SKIM MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES), TOMATO PASTE, PEPPERONI MADE WITH PORK, CHICKEN AND BEEF (PORK, MECHANICALLY SEPARATED CHICKEN, BEEF, SALT, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF SPICES, DEXTROSE, PORK STOCK, LACTIC ACID STARTER CULTURE, OLEORESIN OF PAPRIKA, FLAVORING, SODIUM NITRITE, SODIUM ASCORBATE, PAPRIKA, PROCESSED WITH NATURAL SMOKE FLAVOR, BHA, BHT, CITRIC ACID TO HELP PROTECT FLAVOR), WHEAT GLUTEN, SUGAR, 2% OR LESS OF VEGETABLE OIL (CORN OIL AND/OR SOYBEAN OIL AND/OR CANOLA OIL), DEGERMINATED WHITE CORN MEAL, YEAST, SALT, DATEM, BAKING SODA, SPICES, DRIED GARLIC, ASCORBIC ACID (DOUGH CONDITIONER), ENZYMES.

Source: the label filed with USDA’s branded food database (record 2731140). The maker’s page for it is here. Recipes change, and the pack you buy may print a newer list.

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