Rising Crust Five Cheese Pizza — DUMP

Name: Rising Crust Five Cheese Pizza
Brand: Signature SELECT

Munch or Dump rates Rising Crust Five Cheese Pizza by Signature SELECT DUMP — score 17/90.

The five real cheeses are genuinely the best part, but the crust is industrial bakery chemistry: hydrogenated soybean oil, DATEM, sodium aluminum phosphate and l-cysteine across a 20-plus ingredient list. The hydrogenated oil alone is a trans-fat source that no amount of cheese offsets. This is a heavily engineered frozen pizza.

Why this verdict

Contains hydrogenated soybean oil - a trans-fat source, automatic DUMP
Over 18 ingredients including dough conditioners and phosphate salts - NOVA 4
DATEM, sodium aluminum phosphate and l-cysteine are industrial bakery additives
Corn syrup and sugar built into the crust
Real cheeses can't offset a heavily engineered crust

Ingredients (10)

Enriched wheat flour (moderate) — Refined flour stripped of bran then fortified - the crust base.
HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL (avoid) — A source of trans fat; an automatic red flag regardless of anything else.
Mozzarella, provolone, gouda, fontina, parmesan (safe) — Five real pasteurized cheeses - the legitimately good component.
datem (caution) — Industrial dough emulsifier used to engineer texture and rise.
Sodium aluminum phosphate (caution) — Chemical leavening/buffering agent - an industrial additive.
Corn Syrup (caution) — Added sugar baked into the crust.
Palm Oil (moderate) — Saturated-fat-heavy oil used in the crust.
Vital wheat gluten / wheat protein isolate (moderate) — Processed protein isolates added for chew and structure.
L-cysteine (moderate) — Dough-relaxing agent - another sign of engineered dough.
Tomato sauce (safe) — Simple water-and-tomato base with seasoning - fine.

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