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Celeste Pizza For One, Pepperoni
Frozen Foods
📊 NOVA 4

Celeste Pizza For One, Pepperoni

Celeste
5 oz
Available at Foodtown
370
Calories
9g
Protein
3g
Sugars
920mg
Sodium
3g
Fiber
159
Ingredients

What You Should Know

Celeste Pizza For One, Pepperoni, is a compact frozen single-serve pizza built for speed and familiarity. You'd spot it in the supermarket frozen foods aisle, shelved with other microwavable dinners, frozen personal pizzas, and convenience entrées marketed to students and busy households. It suits quick solo meals, late-night snacking, college dorm pantry runs, and last-minute pick-ups for movie night or a lazy weeknight. The Celeste brand leans on decades of nostalgia and an Italian-American comfort-food image — 'Mama's sauce' and heritage since 1930 are used to signal tradition while selling convenience to families and time-pressed shoppers. Packaging and label design emphasize ease: bold brand name, serving suggestion photos, and microwave-ready claims; you may also see health-adjacent words like 'authentic' or 'natural flavor' but no organic or clean-label certifications. Kid-friendly cues and value positioning are implicit in the single-serve format and playful copy. In plain terms this product is highly processed: multiple industrial ingredients, modified starches, imitation cheese blends, preservatives and smoke flavors are used to create consistency, long shelf life and quick preparation. Sensory notes: expect a thin, slightly chewy crust with a soft interior and browned edges, a tangy, spiced tomato sauce, oily diced pepperoni, and a stretchy-but-imitation mozzarella blend that melts quickly under microwave heat. Packaging is single-serving cardboard with a microwave-safe tray or film film; the ritual is simple — slide it from freezer to microwave, cook for minutes, let stand briefly, and eat straight from the tray or plate. It lives at the intersection of convenience, nostalgia, and inexpensive comfort food in American grocery culture.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1.0
Servings per Container: 1
Calories370
% Daily Value*
Total Fat17g22%
Saturated Fat8g40%
Cholesterol15mg5%
Sodium920mg40%
Total Carbohydrate46g17%
Dietary Fiber3g11%
Total Sugars3g
Added Sugars1g2%
Protein9g
* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

Ingredients

Crust, (Malted, Wheat, Flour, [Wheat, Flour,, Malted, Barley, Flour],, Water,, Shortening, Flake, [Palm, Oil,, Soy, Lecithin,, Natural, Butter, Flavor, and, Beta, Carotene, {Color}],, Soybean, Oil,, Yeast,, Corn, Starch,, Sugar,, Salt,, Dough, Conditioner, [Barley, Malt, Extract,, Inactive, Yeast,, Enzymes,, Enriched, Wheat, Flour, {Wheat, Flour,, Niacin,, Reduced, Iron,, Thiamine, Mononitrate,, Riboflavin,, Folic, Acid}],, Vital, Wheat, Gluten),, Sauce, (Water,, Tomato, Puree, [Water,, Tomato, Paste],, Seasoning, [Salt,, Spices,, Sugar,, Dehydrated, Garlic],, Flavor, Blend, [Maltodextrin,, Dextrose,, Natural, Spice, Oleoresins],, Salt,, Modified, Corn, Starch,, Soybean, Oil,, Xanthan, Gum), Topping, (Imitation, Mozzarella, Blend, [Imitation, Mozzarella, {Water,, Palm, Oil,, Modified, Potato, Starch,, Rennet, Casein,, Modified, Corn, Starch,, Sodium, Citrate,, Salt,, Sodium, Phosphate,, Natural, Flavor,, Carrageenan,, Lactic, Acid,, Artificial, Color},, Mozzarella, {Pasteurized, Cultured, Reduced, Fat, Milk,, Salt,, Enzymes}],, Diced, Pepperoni, Made, With, Pork-Chicken, Added-Smoke, Flavor, Added, [Pork,, Mechanically, Separated, Chicken,, Salt,, Spices,, Water,, Dextrose,, Seasonings, {Natural, Spice, Extractives,, Extractives, Of, Paprika,, Natural, Smoke, Flavor,, BHA,, BHT,, Citric, Acid},, Lactic, Acid, Starter, Culture,, Sodium, Nitrite]). , CONTAINS:, MILK,, WHEAT,, SOY..

Flagged Ingredients:

  • Soybean Oil - Seed oil high in omega-6 fatty acids
  • Palm Oil - Seed oil high in omega-6 fatty acids
  • Soy Lecithin - Processed emulsifier
  • BHA - Synthetic preservative
  • BHT - Synthetic preservative
  • Artificial Color - Artificial coloring
No Seed OilNo EmulsifierNo PreservativeNo Additive

Dietary Labels

This product is not vegan, is not gluten-free, and is not organic.

Ultra-Processing Assessment

NOVA Score:4 / 4

Ultra-Processed

Why this score?

Contains reconstituted and imitation cheese, modified starches, flavor blends, preservatives (BHA/BHT), mechanically separated meat, and other industrial additives, consistent with ultraprocessed NOVA 4 classification.

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Common Questions about Celeste Pizza For One, Pepperoni

Well, 'healthy' can be a bit subjective! This pizza packs 370 calories and includes 17 grams of fat, with a decent amount of sodium at 920 mg. If you're looking for a quick meal or snack, it can fit into a balanced diet, but it might not be your go-to for everyday health if you're watching your sodium or fat intake.

Perfect For

movie-night
back-to-school
game-day-prep

Vibe:

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