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Pepperoni pizza minis

CModerate GoutMarket grade · Moderate · #15 of 33 frozen pizza we grade

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Purine and sugar, by the numbers

Serving1 Tray (124 g)
Purine per servingabout 18 mg, at most 33 mg (8% of the 400 mg daily guide)
Purine per 100 gat most 27 mg
Purine before GoutSafe's weightingat most 62 mg per serving
Main purine sourcedried yeast
Fructose per serving3 g
Added sugar per servingnot on the label
Total sugar per serving6 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% 21 mg 21 mg
oat fiber rolled oats (A) 44 mg up to 25% 14 mg 4 mg
defatted soy flour) dried soybeans (A) 33 mg up to 33% 14 mg 4 mg
enriched flour bread flour (A) 26 mg up to 100% 32 mg 2 mg
rice flour uncooked white rice (A) 33 mg up to 14% 6 mg 2 mg
whole wheat flour whole-grain wheat flour (A) 12 mg up to 33% 5 mg under 1 mg
dough conditioner wheat starch bread flour (A) 26 mg up to 13% 4 mg under 1 mg
tomatoes tomatoes (A) 7 mg up to 25% 2 mg under 1 mg
dehydrated romano cheese cheddar cheese (A) 7 mg up to 2% under 1 mg under 1 mg
toppings (reduced fat mozzarella cheese [cultured pasteurized part skim cheddar cheese (A) 7 mg up to 20% 2 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 18 mg of purine per serving, and at most 33 mg (8% of the 400 mg daily guide), mostly from yeast (dried). Source on GoutSafe.
  • The panel lists 6 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: CRUST (ENRICHED FLOUR [WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID], WATER, WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, OAT FIBER, SUGAR, YEAST, RICE FLOUR, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL WITH CITRIC ACID], SOYBEAN OIL [WITH CITRIC ACID, SALT, DRIED GARLIC, DOUGH CONDITIONER WHEAT STARCH, L-CYSTEINE HYDROCHLORIDE, AMMONIUM SULFATE], DEFATTED SOY FLOUR), SAUCE (TOMATOES [WATER, TOMATO PASTE], MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SUGAR, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: DEXTROSE, SALT, DRIED ONION. CARROT FIBER, DEHYDRATED ROMANO CHEESE [CULTURED PASTEURIZED SHEEP'S AND COW'S MILK, SALT ENZYMES], DRIED GARLIC, SPICE, PAPRIKA, CITRIC ACID, BASIL), TOPPINGS (REDUCED FAT MOZZARELLA CHEESE [CULTURED PASTEURIZED PART SKIM AND SKIM MILK, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH*, SALT, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, ENZYMES] *INGREDIENT NOT IN REGULAR MOZZARELLA CHEESE, PEPPERONI [PORK, BEEF, SALT, SPICES, DEXTROSE, SEASONING (NATURAL SPICE EXTRACTIVES, PAPRIKA OLEORESIN, NATURAL SMOKE FLAVORING, BHA, BHT, CITRIC ACID), LACTIC ACID STARTER CULTURE, SODIUM NITRITE]).

Serving: 1 Tray (124 g). Label from USDA FoodData Central (record 2632229), dated 2023-09-14. UPC 025800022250. This label is over a year old and the recipe may have changed. Check the package.

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