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Virtuoso Thin + Crispy Crust Pizza Mozzarella & Pesto

CModerate GoutMarket grade · Moderate · #19 of 33 frozen pizza we grade

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Purine and sugar, by the numbers

Serving0.5 PIZZA (163 g)
Purine per servingabout 12 mg, at most 41 mg (10% of the 400 mg daily guide)
Purine per 100 gat most 25 mg
Purine before GoutSafe's weightingat most 72 mg per serving
Main purine sourcedried yeast
Fructose per serving2 g
Added sugar per servingnot on the label
Total sugar per serving4 g

The weighted figure is lower than the one before weighting because GoutSafe counts purine from plants at a fraction of the same amount from meat or fish. The grade uses the weighted figure.

Where the purine comes from

IngredientMatched GoutSafe foodPurine in that food, per 100 gShare of the productPurine at that share, per servingCounted in the worst case
yeast dried yeast (D) 847 mg up to 2% 28 mg 28 mg
enriched flour bread flour (A) 26 mg up to 100% 42 mg 11 mg
spinach spinach (A) 51 mg up to 7.1% 6 mg 2 mg
low moisture part skim mozzarella cheese cheddar cheese (A) 7 mg up to 33% 4 mg under 1 mg
tomato puree tomatoes (A) 7 mg up to 25% 3 mg under 1 mg
edam cheese cheddar cheese (A) 7 mg up to 20% 2 mg under 1 mg
diced tomatoes tomatoes (A) 7 mg up to 14% 2 mg under 1 mg
hydrolyzed corn protein corn (A) 12 mg up to 5.3% 1 mg under 1 mg

Purine values come from each matched food's page on GoutSafe. Shares come from label order: US labels list ingredients by weight, so the second ingredient is at most half the product, and anything after "2% or less" is at most 2%. The worst case fills the most purine-dense ingredients to their full share first, until the shares reach the whole product, then applies GoutSafe's weighting by source, which counts plant purines at 0.3, dairy at 0 and organ meat at 1.3 because they raise uric acid by different amounts. The grade uses that worst case. How we rate.

Why it's rated C

  • Open Food Facts classes it as ultra-processed (NOVA 4), and GoutSafe's rule keeps ultra-processed foods at Moderate (C) or below. Source on GoutSafe.
  • About 12 mg of purine per serving, and at most 41 mg (10% of the 400 mg daily guide), mostly from yeast (dried). Source on GoutSafe.
  • The panel lists 4 g of total sugars per serving and no added-sugar line.

Estimated from the ingredient label. Labels list ingredients by weight but rarely give amounts, so we grade on the most purine the label allows, which can read stricter than the real recipe and never safer. Sugar comes from the Nutrition Facts panel. How we rate.

What's on the label

Ingredients: ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WATER, LOW MOISTURE PART SKIM MOZZARELLA CHEESE (PASTEURIZED PART SKIM MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, CALCIUM CHLORIDE, ENZYME), TOMATO PUREE, EDAM CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYME, CALCIUM CHLORIDE), SOYBEAN OIL, DICED TOMATOES, CONTAINS 2 PERCENT OR LESS OF CANOLA OIL, YEAST, SALT, BASIL, SUGAR, PARSLEY, SPINACH, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, SPICES, GARLIC POWDER, PALM OIL, HYDROLYZED CORN PROTEIN, DEXTROSE, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, CONCENTRATED LEMON JUICE, CARAMEL COLOR

Serving: 0.5 PIZZA (163 g). Label from USDA FoodData Central (record 2018983), dated 2021-10-28. UPC 058336180002. This label is over a year old and the recipe may have changed. Check the package.

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