Stoufer’s
Flavor:
3 Meat French Bread Pizza
Ingredients:
Bread (Enriched Wheat Flour [wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid], Water, Yeast, 2% Or Less Of Soybean Oil, Wheat Gluten, Salt, Sugar, Acetic Acid, Lactic Acid, Fumaric Acid, Ascorbic Acid, Enzymes, Calcium Propionate [preservative]), Sauce (Water, Tomato Paste, Sugar, Soybean Oil, Modified Food Starch, Garlic, Spices, Salt, Distilled Vinegar, Onion, Cultured Dextrose, Potassium Chloride, Garlic Powder, Paprika, Natural Hickory Smoke Flavor), Cooked Italian Sausage (Pork, Water, Spices, Salt, Sugar, Flavorings), Low-moisture Part-skim Mozzarella Cheese (Cultured Part-skim Milk, Salt, Enzymes), 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), Bacon (Cured With: Water, Salt, Sugar, Smoke Flavoring, Sodium Phosphate, Sodium Erythorbate, Sodium Nitrite), Margarine (Soybean Oil, Water, Mono & Diglycerides, 2% Or Less Of Salt, Natural Flavor, Vitamin A Palmitate, Vitamin D3).
Rating: We Avoid
- 1 out of 5
Ingredient Score:
Awarded 1 out of 5 green leaves, the Stouffer’s 3 Meat French Bread Pizza falls short of the criteria for cleaner, healthier food options. This product is not organic, and it does not utilize non-GMO ingredients, which is a foundational expectation for foods seeking a higher rating on our scale. The presence of added sugars, such as sugar and citric acid, detracts from its nutritional profile. More concerning is the inclusion of dextrose, a form of sugar that is flagged for its potentially more harmful effects.
The list of ingredients raises several red flags. The use of natural flavors and diglycerides, while common in processed foods, is not aligned with cleaner eating standards. Enriched wheat flour, though fortified with vitamins, is often considered less nutritious than its whole grain counterpart. Furthermore, the product contains modified food starch, an additive that may be undesirable to those seeking minimally processed foods.
Particularly troubling are the known harmful additives such as sodium nitrite and BHA (Butylated Hydroxyanisole), both of which have been associated with negative health implications. BHT (Butylated Hydroxytoluene) also appears on the ingredient list, compounding concerns over artificial preservatives.
The inclusion of soybean oil is another point of contention. While oils are a common component in food products, healthier alternatives are available that do not carry the same health and environmental concerns as soybean oil and palm oil, which the product contains.
In light of these factors, the Stouffer’s 3 Meat French Bread Pizza is assigned the lowest rating possible on our green leaf scale. The product’s composition, characterized by non-organic ingredients, GMOs, added sugars, and potentially harmful additives and preservatives, positions it far from the cleaner food options that our website aims to promote. Consumers seeking healthier, less processed foods would be advised to consider alternatives that align more closely with the principles of clean eating.
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