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Ingredients ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, AND FOLIC ACID), WATER, LOW-MOISTURE PART-SKIM MOZZARELL

by m8s 6y ago

Ingredients ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, AND FOLIC ACID), WATER, LOW-MOISTURE PART-SKIM MOZZARELLA CHEESE (CULTURED PART-SKIM MILK, SALT, ENZYMES), TOMATO PASTE, COOKED SEASONED PIZZA TOPPING MADE WITH PORK AND CHICKEN, BHA, BHT AND CITRIC ACID ADDED TO HELP PROTECT FLAVOR (PORK, MECHANICALLY SEPARATED CHICKEN, WATER, TEXTURED SOY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, SPICES, SALT, SUGAR, SODIUM PHOSPHATES, PAPRIKA, NATURAL PORK FLAVOR [MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, PORK FAT, NATURAL FLAVORS, PORK STOCK, GELATIN, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, SODIUM PHOSPHATES, THIAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE, SUNFLOWER OIL, PROPYL GALLATE], SPICE EXTRACTIVES, BHA, BHT, CITRIC ACID), 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), COOKED BEEF PIZZA TOPPING (BEEF, WATER, TEXTURED SOY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, DEHYDRATED POTATOES WITH SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF SALT, HYDROLYZED CORN PROTEIN, SOY PROTEIN AND WHEAT PROTEIN, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, MALTODEXTRIN, SPICE, NATURAL GRILL FLAVOR [FROM SUNFLOWER OIL], GARLIC POWDER, COOKED IN PORK FAT OR BEEF FAT OR VEGETABLE OIL), SUGAR, WHEAT GLUTEN, 2% OR LESS OF VEGETABLE OIL (SOYBEAN OIL AND/OR CORN OIL), DEGERMINATED WHITE CORN MEAL, YEAST, SALT, DEGERMINATED YELLOW CORN MEAL, DATEM, BAKING SODA, SPICES, WHEAT FLOUR, ENZYMES, DRIED GARLIC, ASCORBIC ACID (DOUGH CONDITIONER).

fosk 6y ago
How on Earth did we end up having so many ingredients in what essentially is just pizza. The food industry really has gone too far by over-processing everything.
- illirik 6y ago
  A lot of it is due to the "frozen" part of frozen pizza. There's a ton of what amounts to materials science happening in your frozen pizza. Find a local pizza joint that makes their dough from scratch and bakes in a brick oven, and you can cut down on that ingredients count by an order of magnitude.
- frequentnapper 6y ago
  What are the issues with those ingredients?
  - phonypc 6y ago
    long list = bad never heard of it = bad can't pronounce it = bad thinking = brain hurt
  - snoshy 6y ago
    The issue is that the vast majority of these ingredients are artificial substitutes for the actual content of a pizza-like-thing that an average consumer might expect. That they are artificial is not in itself inherently an issue (at least to me, although many many artificial additives have been proven to cause problems while manufacturers continue to use them), but the fact that so many substitutions are made all at once in a given product renders any "common" understanding of its health effects effectively irrelevant. It basically means that you can't compare a pizza made from the basic ingredients that you and I might normally expect to the contents of a hot pocket. Even comparing apples-to-apples, the ingredient list of a DiGiorno's frozen pizza would be wildly different from the basics of a pizza you could make yourself. Fearmongering over these subjects never helps, but it is fair to raise concern over the unknown effects of the things you consume.
    - jiofih 6y ago
      Most of them are not really artificial, just remnants of some other industrial process (oleoresin of paprika, corn syrup solids, etc). You’re literally eating junk food.
    - phonypc 6y ago
      What ingredients of a "real" pizza have been substituted for? That list includes flour, water, salt, yeast, tomato and cheese, which are roughly speaking the essential components of a pizza.
      - deleted 6y ago
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- hanniabu 6y ago
  It's not as bad as it looks. Half those ingredients are sub-ingredients. It's like you making something like chili and using salsa. You'd then need to add all the ingredients of the salsa to your chili ingredients. With the sub-ingredients removed it comes down to this: ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR, WATER, LOW-MOISTURE PART-SKIM MOZZARELLA CHEESE, TOMATO PASTE, COOKED SEASONED PIZZA TOPPING (MADE WITH PORK AND CHICKEN, BHA, BHT AND CITRIC ACID ADDED TO HELP PROTECT FLAVOR), PEPPERONI MADE WITH PORK, CHICKEN AND BEEF, COOKED BEEF PIZZA TOPPING, SUGAR, WHEAT GLUTEN, 2% OR LESS OF VEGETABLE OIL, DEGERMINATED WHITE CORN MEAL, YEAST, SALT, DEGERMINATED YELLOW CORN MEAL, DATEM, BAKING SODA, SPICES, WHEAT FLOUR, ENZYMES, DRIED GARLIC, ASCORBIC ACID.
  - hammock 6y ago
    Why take out the sub-ingredients? Unless you regularly use "DEHYDRATED POTATOES WITH SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE" when preparing hamburger at home.
  - devb 6y ago
    I'd rather see the expanded list of ingredients in my chili and salsa. I'm sure it wouldn't look nearly as bad as the list above.
11thEarlOfMar 6y ago
I suddenly crave an apple.
hedora 6y ago
Wheat, yeast, water Tomato, basil, oregano Milk, cultures Salt, oil. Whatever pepperoni is made of. Did I miss anything?
- jinglebells 6y ago
  Sugar for the base. I made pizza yesterday, it was pretty much the above. I also added Tabasco for fun.
Singletoned 6y ago
That pizza would be illegal in the Uk. BHA and BHP are banned over here
- phonypc 6y ago
  This appears to be untrue, based on a cursory google search.
  - devb 6y ago
    "The flavor enhancers and preservatives BHA and BHT are subject to severe restrictions in Europe but are widely used in American food products." https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/28/well/eat/food-additives-banned-europe-united-states.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/28/well/eat/food-additives-b...
    - phonypc 6y ago
      "Subject to severe restrictions" is not banned, and that claim is unsourced anyway. They're "approved" as E320 and E321 according to: https://www.food.gov.uk/business-guidance/approved-additives-and-e-numbers#h_4 https://www.food.gov.uk/business-guidance/approved-additives...

by m8s 6y ago

fosk 6y ago

How on Earth did we end up having so many ingredients in what essentially is just pizza. The food industry really has gone too far by over-processing everything.

illirik 6y ago
A lot of it is due to the "frozen" part of frozen pizza. There's a ton of what amounts to materials science happening in your frozen pizza. Find a local pizza joint that makes their dough from scratch and bakes in a brick oven, and you can cut down on that ingredients count by an order of magnitude.
frequentnapper 6y ago
What are the issues with those ingredients?
- phonypc 6y ago
  long list = bad never heard of it = bad can't pronounce it = bad thinking = brain hurt
- snoshy 6y ago
  The issue is that the vast majority of these ingredients are artificial substitutes for the actual content of a pizza-like-thing that an average consumer might expect. That they are artificial is not in itself inherently an issue (at least to me, although many many artificial additives have been proven to cause problems while manufacturers continue to use them), but the fact that so many substitutions are made all at once in a given product renders any "common" understanding of its health effects effectively irrelevant. It basically means that you can't compare a pizza made from the basic ingredients that you and I might normally expect to the contents of a hot pocket. Even comparing apples-to-apples, the ingredient list of a DiGiorno's frozen pizza would be wildly different from the basics of a pizza you could make yourself. Fearmongering over these subjects never helps, but it is fair to raise concern over the unknown effects of the things you consume.
  - jiofih 6y ago
    Most of them are not really artificial, just remnants of some other industrial process (oleoresin of paprika, corn syrup solids, etc). You’re literally eating junk food.
  - phonypc 6y ago
    What ingredients of a "real" pizza have been substituted for? That list includes flour, water, salt, yeast, tomato and cheese, which are roughly speaking the essential components of a pizza.
    - deleted 6y ago
      [deleted]
hanniabu 6y ago
It's not as bad as it looks. Half those ingredients are sub-ingredients. It's like you making something like chili and using salsa. You'd then need to add all the ingredients of the salsa to your chili ingredients. With the sub-ingredients removed it comes down to this: ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR, WATER, LOW-MOISTURE PART-SKIM MOZZARELLA CHEESE, TOMATO PASTE, COOKED SEASONED PIZZA TOPPING (MADE WITH PORK AND CHICKEN, BHA, BHT AND CITRIC ACID ADDED TO HELP PROTECT FLAVOR), PEPPERONI MADE WITH PORK, CHICKEN AND BEEF, COOKED BEEF PIZZA TOPPING, SUGAR, WHEAT GLUTEN, 2% OR LESS OF VEGETABLE OIL, DEGERMINATED WHITE CORN MEAL, YEAST, SALT, DEGERMINATED YELLOW CORN MEAL, DATEM, BAKING SODA, SPICES, WHEAT FLOUR, ENZYMES, DRIED GARLIC, ASCORBIC ACID.
- hammock 6y ago
  Why take out the sub-ingredients? Unless you regularly use "DEHYDRATED POTATOES WITH SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE" when preparing hamburger at home.
- devb 6y ago
  I'd rather see the expanded list of ingredients in my chili and salsa. I'm sure it wouldn't look nearly as bad as the list above.

11thEarlOfMar 6y ago

I suddenly crave an apple.

hedora 6y ago

Wheat, yeast, water Tomato, basil, oregano Milk, cultures Salt, oil. Whatever pepperoni is made of. Did I miss anything?

jinglebells 6y ago
Sugar for the base. I made pizza yesterday, it was pretty much the above. I also added Tabasco for fun.

Singletoned 6y ago

That pizza would be illegal in the Uk. BHA and BHP are banned over here

phonypc 6y ago
This appears to be untrue, based on a cursory google search.
- devb 6y ago
  "The flavor enhancers and preservatives BHA and BHT are subject to severe restrictions in Europe but are widely used in American food products." https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/28/well/eat/food-additives-banned-europe-united-states.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/28/well/eat/food-additives-b...
  - phonypc 6y ago
    "Subject to severe restrictions" is not banned, and that claim is unsourced anyway. They're "approved" as E320 and E321 according to: https://www.food.gov.uk/business-guidance/approved-additives-and-e-numbers#h_4 https://www.food.gov.uk/business-guidance/approved-additives...