Prego
Open Food Facts brand roll-up for Prego, current as of September 2026. Screening averages and flag shares live in the short-answer band below. This hero only situates the catalog slice.
The short answer
Prego averages 98.9/100 across the 84 of 114 tracked products that carry an ingredient list, and 8.3% of those contain at least one separately flagged ingredient. The figure summarizes Open Food Facts labels cross-referenced with FDA SAFFA and CSPI; it does not establish recall status, allergy suitability, or the composition of products outside this snapshot.
- 98.9/100
- average ingredient-screening score across 84 scored products
- 114
- tracked products in this brand roll-up
- 8.3%
- scored products with at least one flagged ingredient
- 54.8%
- of NOVA-classified products that are ultra-processed (Group 4)
Source snapshot current as of September 2026; open individual products before making a product-specific decision.
Portfolio reading
Use the distribution, then open the outliers
With 114 tracked products, the useful signal is the shape of the portfolio rather than one headline score. The current concern-sorted list begins Pepperoni And Sausage Pizza Sauce, Pepperoni And Sausage; Flavored With Bacon & Provolone Italian Sauce, Bacon & Provolone; Creamy Roasted Garlic Pesto; 8.3% of records contain at least one flagged ingredient while the overall mean is 98.9/100. Open those outliers first, then compare neighboring formulations. The aggregate does not establish recall status, allergen suitability, or the composition of an item outside this snapshot.
Catalog evidence
Ingredient-list coverage comes before the score
Only 84 of 114 tracked Prego records (73.7%) include an ingredient list. The remaining 30 cannot be screened, so the 98.9/100 mean describes the labelled subset rather than the whole brand.
Next check: use the product rows below to verify the labelled subset, then compare the current package for any unscored item.
What the Data Says About Prego
Prego: 114 products tracked, 84 with an ingredient list, avg safety score 98.9/100, 8.3% of those scored products has at least one flagged ingredient.
Because ingredient lists cover only 73.7% of tracked records, this average is a description of the labelled subset, not a brand-wide tier. The coverage gap is the dominant limitation. Scoring methodology + dye-pledge context →
Among the 804 brands with 50+ products (the typical brand in that group flags 18% of its catalog), Prego's 8.3% flagged share is 9.7 points below that cohort median.
Processing mix (NOVA)
Prego processing intensity
Prego's NOVA-classified set is 73 products: 54.8% ultra-processed (Group 4, 40 items) with Group 4 (ultra-processed) largest at 40. That ultra-processed share sits 23.5 points below the 78.3% median for 1,323 brands with 50+ products. NOVA is processing intensity, not additive safety.
Shelf mix
Where Prego shows up in Open Food Facts
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Prego concentrates in Condiments (67, 93% of this top-five); Meals (2); Dairies (1); Plant-based foods and beverages (1); Tomato (1).
Average score by leading shelf label
| Shelf | Scored n | Avg | Flagged |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condiments | 66 | 98.9/100 | 7.6% |
| Meals | 2 | 100/100 | 0% |
Cohort context
Flagged-ingredient share among large brands
Prego's 8.3% flagged share is measured across 84 scored products. The chart places that rate against the 50 brands with 50+ scored products in this snapshot, the same qualifying cohort used on the rankings page.
Prego flagged share vs large-brand cohort
8.3% of scored products carry at least one flagged ingredient
8% 0th percentile is at or above the flagged share of 0% of the 50 qualifying brands we track
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more qualifying brands. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Distribution as text
- 0%–10%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 10%–20%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 20%–30%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 30%–40%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 40%–50%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 50%–60%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 60%–70%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 70%–80%
- 3 qualifying brands (6%)
- 80%–90%
- 25 qualifying brands (50%)
- 90% and above
- 22 qualifying brands (44%)
Source Open Food Facts × FDA SAFFA × CSPI · September 2026
Portfolio shape
How scores cluster inside this brand
The brand average (98.9/100) summarizes 84 scored products. This distribution shows whether that mean sits on a tight cluster or a wide spread, a few low-scoring SKUs can matter even when the headline average looks strong.
Prego product score distribution
Brand average 98.9/100 across 84 scored products
99 6th percentile sits above 6% of the 84 scored products we track
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more scored products. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Distribution as text
- 50–60
- 1 scored products (1%)
- 80–90
- 2 scored products (2%)
- 90–100
- 4 scored products (5%)
- 100 and above
- 77 scored products (92%)
Source Open Food Facts product labels × FDA SAFFA × CSPI · September 2026
Prego relies most on Caramel Coloring, an industry staple
Across the 84 Prego products scored here, Caramel Coloring appears in 2. It is used by 3,551 other brands in this database (10.1% of them), so its presence says more about the category than about this brand. A flag records that a named source raised a concern about an ingredient. It is not a finding that a product is unsafe to eat.
| Flagged ingredient | Prego products | Why it is flagged |
|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 2 | Restricted: California (Prop 65 warning for 4-MEI) |
| Carrageenan | 2 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
| Sodium Nitrite | 2 | Preservative with a recorded concern |
| BHA | 1 | Restricted: California (warning required under Prop 65) |
| BHT | 1 | Preservative with a recorded concern |
| Titanium Dioxide | 1 | Restricted: EU (banned); California (under review) |
Counts are products in this database whose ingredient list names the flagged ingredient. Flags come from FDA enforcement actions, CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings and US state ingredient laws; see the methodology for how each source is applied.
Visible product sample
Label complexity does not determine the screening result
Each point is one of the 50 concern-sorted Prego records shown below. Horizontal position is the number of resolved ingredients on that product's stored label; vertical position is its source-derived screening score. The dashed medians (17.5 ingredients and 100/100) divide this displayed sample only. A longer label is not automatically worse: open a specific product to inspect its flagged rows and source coverage.
- Shown records
- 50
- Median label
- 17.5 ingredients
- Median score
- 100/100
The outlined point is Pepperoni And Sausage Pizza Sauce, Pepperoni And Sausage, the displayed record with the most flagged ingredients (3). Bubble size represents flagged ingredient count plus one, so zero-flagged products remain visible. The score is derived from FDA SAFFA and CSPI fields; this chart does not establish recall status, dietary suitability, or a health outcome.
Read the plotted values
- Pepperoni And Sausage Pizza Sauce, Pepperoni And Sausage: 29 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- Flavored With Bacon & Provolone Italian Sauce, Bacon & Provolone: 30 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Creamy Roasted Garlic Pesto: 20 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Cole white Prego: 32 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Sauce Meat Flavored: 28 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Creamy Tomato with Ricotta: 12 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Spicy Vodka: 20 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Sauces Grdn Mush&Grn Pepper: 15 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Prego sauces tomato onion & garlic: 13 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Traditional Italian Sauce: 13 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- prego fresh mushroom: 12 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Prego sauces tomato: 13 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Traditional: 17 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Italian Sauce Traditional: 13 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Prego sauces meat: 19 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Flavored with Meat Italian Sauce: 19 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Prego sauces tomato & mushroom: 12 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Mushroom Italian Sauce: 12 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Marinara: 10 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Three Cheese Italian Sauce: 24 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Prego sauces vegetable: 17 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Tomato Basil Garlic: 12 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Roasted Garlic Parmesan: 21 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Prego, Chunky Garden Mushroom Supreme Italian Sauce: 13 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Prego, Heart Smart, Italian Sauce, Ricotta Parmesan, Ricotta Parmesan: 21 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Roasted Garlic & Herb Italian Sauce: 15 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Italian Sausage & Garlic: 15 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Prego, Traditional Italian Sauce: 13 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Italian Sauce: 14 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Italian Sauce, Traditional: 14 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Italian sauce roasted garlic and herb: 14 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Prego, Veggie Smart, Chunky & Savory Italian Sauce, Chunky & Savory, Chunky & Savory: 14 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Prego, Veggie Smart, Italian Sauce: 13 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Prego sauces meat: 19 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Prego sauces vegetable: 13 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Prego sauces tomato: 10 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Italian Sauce Flavored With Meat, Meat: 18 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Homestyle Alfredo: 28 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Artisan three cheese: 30 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Creamy Vodka Italian Sauce: 22 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Prego, Pesto Marinara Italian Sauce: 24 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Fontina & Asiago Italian Sauce, Fontina & Asiago: 26 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Spicy Red Pepper Italian Sauce, Spicy Red Pepper: 13 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Prego sauces cheddar: 31 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Roasted Garlic Parmesan Alfredo Sauce: 26 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Prego, Creamy Italian Sauce, Sundried Tomato, Sundried Tomato: 20 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Prego sauces basil pesto: 31 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Roasted Tomato & Vegetables Penne Ready Meals, Roasted Tomato & Vegetables Penne: 30 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Campbell'S Sauces Pasta Sausage: 20 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Prego, Red Pepper & Parmesan Italian Sauce: 22 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
Products by Prego
Showing 50 display-quality records, sorted by concern level (most flagged first); 64 tracked records with unusable upstream names remain in the aggregate but are not shown.
Nationwide brands with similar catalog profiles
Two PlainFoodSafe-derived peer sets for Prego: closest on tracked product count (114 here) and closest on average ingredient screening score (98.9/100 here). Rows stay link-disjoint so each axis is a distinct neighborhood, not a largest-catalog strip.
Similar product count
Nearest other brands by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
Similar average screening score
Nearest other brands by average ingredient screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
Counts and averages from Open Food Facts labels screened against FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine; neither axis is a health outcome.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Prego food safe? ▼
Prego has an average safety score of 99/100 across the 84 of 114 tracked products that carry an ingredient list. 8.3% of those contain flagged ingredients.
How many Prego products are tracked? ▼
Our database tracks 114 Prego products. 84 include an ingredient list and can be screened against FDA SAFFA and CSPI data; 30 cannot be scored from this snapshot.
How processed is the Prego catalog? ▼
Prego has 73 NOVA-classified products; 54.8% are ultra-processed (Group 4, 40 items) and Group 4 is the largest slice. NOVA describes processing intensity, not whether additives on a label are flagged.
Which shelves dominate the Prego catalog? ▼
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Prego concentrates in Condiments (67, 93% of this top-five); Meals (2); Dairies (1); Plant-based foods and beverages (1); Tomato (1).
Does Prego use artificial dyes? ▼
Open the individual product pages below to see which Prego items list a synthetic dye on their label. For whether the company has committed to removing dyes, the FDA and CSPI both publish corporate-commitment trackers; we no longer restate those commitments here.
What to do with this Prego profile
Use this roll-up as orientation, then verify the specific package you hold against its ingredient panel and the named official sources.
- Start with Pepperoni And Sausage Pizza Sauce, Pepperoni And Sausage, the displayed product with the most flagged ingredients (3) in this sample. Open the outlier product
- Caramel Coloring appears in 2 scored Prego products, review why each source flags it before treating the brand average as uniform. Review flagged ingredient counts
- Compare Prego's 98.9/100 average and 8.3% flagged share against other brands before treating either figure as a recall or clearance signal. Brand safety rankings
- Cross-check any additive concern against FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine rather than relying on this derived index alone. Scoring methodology
A flagged ingredient records a source concern, not a recall, ban, or medical clearance. Always verify the current package label and consult official sources for product-specific decisions.
Citation & disclaimer notes
Brand scores aggregate ingredient-level FDA SAFFA + CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings across Open Food Facts product data. See our methodology. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFoodSafe.Disclaimer: Informational purposes only; not professional advice. A flagged ingredient is not a recall or a ban. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.
Every figure on PlainFoodSafe is rendered directly from OpenFoodFacts and FDA data, no number is typed in by an editor. Brand figures are computed directly from OpenFoodFacts and FDA data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2026.
