Pepperoni Pizza with Low Fat Mozzarella, Parmesan and Asiago & Sauce in a Baked Garlic & Herb Seasoned Crust Sandwiches

How it compares with other frozen appetizers and hors d'oeuvres

Per 100 g, it has more sugar than 80% of the 4,401 frozen appetizers and hors d'oeuvres products in USDA's branded database, and it has more sodium than 16% of them.

Where the calories come from: 58% carbohydrate, 27% fat and 15% protein (4 calories a gram of protein or carbohydrate, 9 of fat).

Other mozzarella in this aisle

202 of the 4,401 frozen appetizers and hors d'oeuvres products are named mozzarella. Per 100 g their median is 265 calories, 560 mg of sodium and 11.3 g of protein; 11 have less sodium than this one.

What is in it

Ingredients (as submitted): ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WATER, REDUCED SODIUM LOW FAT MOZZARELLA (LOW FAT MOZZARELLA CHEESE [PASTEURIZED PART-SKIM MILK, CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES], NONFAT MILK, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH*, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE*, *INGREDIENTS NOT IN REGULAR MOZZARELLA CHEESE), TOMATO PASTE, PEPPERONI (PORK, SALT, SPICES, DEXTROSE, LACTIC ACID STARTER CULTURE, OLEORESIN OF PAPRIKA, SODIUM ASCORBATE, NATURAL SMOKE FLAVOR, FLAVORING, SODIUM NITRITE, PORK STOCK, CITRIC ACID), REDUCED FAT MOZZARELLA CHEESE (PASTEURIZED PART SKIM MILK, NONFAT MILK, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH*, CULTURES, SALT, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, ENZYMES, *INGREDIENTS NOT IN REGULAR MOZZARELLA CHEESE), SUGAR, 2% OR LESS OF MARGARINE (PALM OIL, WATER, SOYBEAN OIL, SUGAR, MONO & DIGLYCERIDES, SOYBEAN LECITHIN, POTASSIUM SORBATE AND CITRIC ACID [PRESERVATIVES], ANNATTO AND TURMERIC COLOR, VITAMIN A PALMITATE ADDED), MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SEASONING (BREAD CRUMB [BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, DEXTROSE, YEAST, SALT], DRIED GARLIC, TOMATO POWDER, SPICE, SALT, DEXTROSE, DRIED ONION, MALTODEXTRIN, CITRIC ACID, NATURAL FLAVOR), PARMESAN AND ASIAGO CHEESE BLEND WITH FLAVOR (PARMESAN & ASIAGO CHEESES [CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES], ENZYME MODIFIED PARMESAN CHEESE (CULTURED MILK, WATER, SALT, ENZYMES), WHEY, SALT), FRACTIONATED PALM OIL, EGG YOLKS, DOUGH CONDITIONER BLEND (CALCIUM SULFATE, SALT, L-CYSTEINE HYDROCHLORIDE, GARLIC POWDER, TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE, ENZYMES), YEAST, SALT, DOUGH CONDITIONER (DISTILLED MONOGLYCERIDES WITH ASCORBIC ACID AND CITRIC ACID [ANTIOXIDANTS]), WHEY, DRIED GARLIC, SOY LECITHIN, DRIED ONIONS, FLAVORING (YEAST EXTRACT, SALT), METHYLCELLULOSE, SPICES, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, MALTODEXTRIN, RED PEPPER FLAKES, CAYENNE RED PEPPER, SOY FLOUR, EGG WHITES.

The statement lists 30 ingredients at the top level, beginning with Enriched Flour (wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Niacin. It has no separate "Contains" line; a major allergen (the nine the FDA requires on labels: milk, eggs, fish, shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, soybeans, sesame) may be named inside the ingredients instead. For allergies, read the package: this is the record USDA holds (updated Dec 7, 2020), not the label on the shelf today.

Source: the ingredient statement Nestle USA Inc. submitted to USDA (FoodData Central 2320255).

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