Kroger bake at home pizza
Contains 3 flagged ingredients
Kroger bake at home pizza by The Kroger Co. receives a safety score of 55/100 based on ingredient analysis using FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) data and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. The product contains 3 ingredients that have been flagged for potential safety concerns by regulatory or consumer advocacy databases. Product label data is sourced from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative database. See the full ingredient breakdown and safety assessment below.
What the Data Says About
Kroger bake at home pizza by The Kroger Co. carries a composite safety score of 55/100, which we classify as "Concern" on our four-tier shelf-label framework. The score is computed by mapping each labeled ingredient against FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) regulatory status and CSPI Chemical Cuisine classifications, then penalizing the overall product for each additive rated as caution-or-worse. Product data originates from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative catalog; safety annotations come from federal regulators and the Center for Science in the Public Interest.
Our scan identified 3 flagged ingredients in this product — components that at least one official source has classified as requiring caution, targeted avoidance, or further evaluation. Flagged ingredients are the items most likely to surface in FDA inspection findings, state-level ingredient bans, or outbreak-related recall notices, so the per-ingredient breakdown below is the most useful lens for anyone screening this product for a specific dietary concern.
On the NOVA processing scale, Kroger bake at home pizza is classified as Group 4 (Ultra-processed). NOVA measures industrial processing intensity rather than ingredient-level safety, so it complements the SAFFA and CSPI ratings: a product can be clean on additive flags but heavily processed, or lightly processed but carry individually flagged ingredients. Combining both lenses gives a fuller picture than either alone.
Safety Profile at a Glance
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| PlainFoodSafe Score | 55/100 | FDA SAFFA + CSPI composite |
| Flagged ingredients | 3 | CSPI/FDA review |
| NOVA processing group | Group 4 | OpenFoodFacts |
| Nutri-Score | Not available | OpenFoodFacts |
Composite metric derived from FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine, OpenFoodFacts. See methodology.
Ingredient Safety Analysis
Full Ingredient List
crust (enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiam mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], water, bread crumbs [wheat flour, suga yeast, salt], contains 2% or less of: olive pomace oil, sugar, yeast, soybean c salt), sauce (water, tomato paste, modified corn starch, maltodextrin, suga salt, soybean oil, dextrose, spices, hydrolyzed corn protein, dehydrated gar paprika [color], citric acid, corn oil, xanthan gum, tricalcium phosphate, sodi benzoate [preservative]), low moisture mozzarella cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), cooked italian sausage (pork, spices, water, salt, corn syrup solids, dried garlic, paprika, paprika and annatto extract, sugar, lemon juice powder [corn syrup solids, lemon juice solids, lemon oil], flavoring), smoke flavored provolone cheese (cultured pasteurized milk, sal enzymes, natural smoke flavor), fully cooked chunked and formed canadian bacon water added, made with pork sirloin hips, natural smoke flavor add (pork cured with water, sugar, salt, contains 2% or less of: sodium lactate, sodium phosphate, natural smoke flavor, flavoring, sodium diacetate, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite), pepperoni (pork, beef, salt, contains 2% or less o dextrose, garlic powder, lactic acid starter culture, spice extractives, oleoresin of paprika, sodium nitrite, spices, bha [preservative], bht [preservative citric acid [preservative]), fully cooked bacon bits (pork cured with water, sal smoke flavoring, sodium phosphate, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite. may contain sugar, brown sugar), contains 2% or less of: fontina cheese (pasteurize milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes. may contain powdered cellulose [anti-caking agent]), grated asiago cheese (asiago cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes], powdered cellulose [anti-caking agent]), grated parmesan cheese (parmesan cheese [pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese cultures salt, enzymes), powdered cellulose [anti-caking agent]), grated romano cheese (romano cheese made from cow's milk (pasteurized cow's milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes], powdered cellulose (anti-caking agent]), dehydrated garlic, dried parsley, dried oregano, dried basil. contains: milk, wheat.
Data Sources
Data as of 2025. Source: OpenFoodFacts, FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine.
Product data from OpenFoodFacts (ODbL). Ingredient safety ratings from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine. See our methodology for details.
This information is for reference only and does not constitute dietary or medical advice.
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