Deep Pan Loaded Cheese Pizza — DUMP

Munch or Dump rates Deep Pan Loaded Cheese Pizza by Trattoria Alfredo DUMP — score 20/90.

A refined-flour deep-pan base loaded with three cheeses, oil and added sugar — a NOVA 4 frozen meal that's heavy on saturated fat, salt and refined carbs.

Why this verdict

• Refined white-flour deep-pan base with a dough conditioner — low fibre, blood-sugar-spiking carbs
• Three cheeses stack up saturated fat and salt fast
• Added sugar plus dextrose on top of the refined starch — sweetness you don't need on a pizza
• Coloured cheddar uses annatto purely for cosmetic orange
• Calorie-dense ultra-processed (NOVA 4) frozen meal

Ingredients (17)

• wheat flour (moderate) — Refined flour — fast carbs, little fibre, spikes blood sugar.
• Mozzarella Cheese (18%) (moderate) — Real cheese but high in saturated fat and salt.
• Coloured Cheddar Cheese (6%) (moderate) — Cheddar dyed with annatto for cosmetic orange; sat fat and salt.
• Tomato Puree (4%) (safe) — Concentrated tomato — a small positive, some lycopene.
• Monterey Jack Cheese (3%) (moderate) — More real cheese piling on saturated fat.
• rapeseed oil (moderate) — Refined seed oil; fine in small amounts as used here.
• maize starch (moderate) — Refined starch used to thicken the sauce — processing marker.
• Dextrose (moderate) — A second added sugar, used on the chicken; spikes blood sugar fast.
• Salt (moderate) — Ready meals tend to run salt-heavy; watch the sodium.
• Sugar (moderate) — Added sugar sitting ahead of cocoa; the main flavor driver here.
• yeast (safe) — Standard leavening, fine.
• basil (safe) — Herb for flavour, negligible amount.
• Dried Oregano (safe) — Herb seasoning.
• Garlic Puree (safe) — Real garlic, adds flavor and minor benefit.
• GROUND BLACK PEPPER (safe) — Spice seasoning.
• Colour: annatto (moderate) — Natural-source dye used cosmetically to orange the cheddar.
• Flour Treatment Agent (Ascorbic Acid) (moderate) — Dough conditioner — a marker of industrial bread processing.