Wicked Pizza Mighty Italian Style Thick 'N' Chewy Crust, Mozzarella Cheese, Zesty Pizza Sauce Italian Sausage, Italian Style Meatballs, Pepperoni, Hot Italian Sausage, Parmesan Cheese, Roasted Red & Green Peppers, Roasted Red Onions & Herb Seasoning Pizza, Mighty Italian Style
Hightop Brands LLC · Pizza · barcode 00856206008193
What stands out
- From the label
The ingredients list BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole), which has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028. Details
- Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
- RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
- Additives1 ingredient has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028. Which
- TypicalFDA's tests of pizza show what's typical. See levels
- Others3 other pizza products have lab results. Compare them
Additives with restrictions somewhere
From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2023-02-16). Recipes change, so check the package you have.
Rules that apply to more than one of these
- US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows it as a preservative. Source. Applies to all of them.
- EU: Allowed (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source. Applies to all of them.
- Texas: Warning label required from 2027-01-01 Labels developed on or after January 1, 2027 must warn that the product contains an ingredient not recommended for consumption in Australia, Canada, the EU or the UK. (SB 25 (2025)) Source. Applies to all of them.
- Louisiana: Banned in school meals from 2028-2029 school year Banned in Louisiana school food from the 2028-2029 school year (concession stands and vending machines exempt). (SB 14, Act 463 (2025)) Source. Applies to all of them.
- Louisiana: Warning label required from 2028-01-01 Products containing it must carry a QR code disclosure from January 1, 2028. (SB 14, Act 463 (2025)) Source. Applies to all of them.
BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole) (E320)
- West Virginia: Banned from 2028-01-01 Food containing it is treated as adulterated in West Virginia from January 1, 2028. (HB 2354 (2025)) Source
BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene) (E321)
Only the shared rules above.
Typical for pizza
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.
- Cadmium: typically 20 ppb (FDA, 27 samples, 2017-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 730 g (26 oz) a day; an adult at about 3.4 kg (7.5 lb).One serving (0.167 pizza, 141 g, from the label):19% of a toddler's daily limit4% of an adult's daily limit
- Arsenic (total): typically 3.7 ppb (FDA, 27 samples, 2017-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
- Lead, Mercury: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Pizza, cheese, fast-food: found in 2 of 27 samples, average 0.32, highest 4.6 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Pizza, cheese, fast-food: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 20.6, highest 25 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Pizza, cheese, fast-food: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Pizza, cheese, fast-food: found in 25 of 27 samples, average 3.74, highest 6 ppb (2017-2020)
"Typically" is FDA's middle sample. Daily amounts use the long-run average and each chemical's daily limit (EPA reference dose, or FDA's level for lead) for a 33-lb toddler and a 154-lb adult. ppb = micrograms per kilogram of food. Source: FDA Total Diet Study.
Not tested
No published results for this product cover: Metals, Perchlorate, Phthalates (plastic softeners), Phthalate substitutes, Bisphenols. That means nobody has published a test, not that these are absent.
Ingredients (from the label)
CRUST [WHEAT FLOUR, WATER, SOYBEAN OIL, DEXTROSE, YEAST, YELLOW CORNMEAL, SALT, SODIUM BICARBONATE, SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE, L-CYSTEINE], SAUCE [TOMATO PUREE (WATER, TOMATO PASTE), SALT, SUGAR, SPICES, DEHYDRATED GARLIC, CITRIC ACID, DISTILLED VINEGAR], LOW MOISTURE MOZZARELLA CHEESE [LOW MOISTURE MOZZARELLA CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES) POWDERED CELLULOSE (TO PREVENT CAKING)], ITALIAN SAUSAGE [PORK, SEASONING (SPICES, DEHYDRATED GARLIC), WATER, SALT, FLAVORING], ITALIAN STYLE MEATBALLS [BEEF, PORK, WATER, BREAD CRUMBS (WHEAT FLOUR, SALT, YEAST), ROMANO CHEESE (PASTEURIZED COW'S MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES), RICOTTA CHEESE (WHEY, PART SKIM MILK, CREAM, VINEGAR, STABILIZERS {XANTHAN GUM, LOCUST BEAN GUM, GUAR GUM}), TEXTURED VEGETABLE PROTEIN (SOY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, CARAMEL COLOR), LIQUID EGG WHITES, SALT, DRIED GARLIC, SPICES, PARSLEY, BROWN SUGAR, CARAMEL COLOR, DISODIUM INOSINATE AND DISODIUM GUANYLATE, BHA, BHT, AND CITRIC ACID (TO PROTECT FLAVOR)], PEPPERONI [PORK, BEEF, SALT, SPICES, DEXTROSE, LACTIC ACID STARTER CULTURE, OLEORESIN OF PAPRIKA, FLAVORING, SODIUM NITRITE (PRESERVATIVE), BHA, BHT AND CITRIC ACID (TO PROTECT FLAVOR)], HOT ITALIAN SAUSAGE [PORK, SPICES, WATER, SALT, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, DEHYDRATED RED BELL PEPPERS, GARLIC, LEMON JUICE POWDER (CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, LEMON JUICE SOLIDS, LEMON OIL), FLAVORING, DISODIUM INOSINATE AND DISODIUM GUANYLATE, PROPYL GALLATE, BHA, AND BHT (TO PROTECT FLAVOR)], ROASTED RED AND GREEN BELL PEPPERS, ROASTED RED ONION, PARMESAN CHEESE [(PASTEURIZED PART-SKIM COW'S MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), POWDERED CELLULOSE (TO PREVENT CAKING)], SPICES.
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-02-16. Labels change; check the package.