Concern

Whole milk mozzarella and provolone cheese with premium sliced and diced pepperoni with a tomato sauce on a crust large pizza, classic pepperoni

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0013087243239 · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0013087243239 · Serving size 0.125 PIZZA (122 g)

The verdict

Whole milk mozzarella and provolone cheese with premium sliced and diced pepperoni with a tomato sauce on a crust large pizza, classic pepperoni scores 55/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 44 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 44-component record, beginning with Crust, Enriched Flour, Wheat Flour. That density can include amounts and label fragments, so verify the physical label before relying on ingredient order or completeness. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

55/100
Concern safety score
3
Few flagged · of 44 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
D
Nutri-Score nutrition grade

Computed directly from OpenFoodFacts ingredient data cross-referenced with FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. See our methodology for the scoring formula.

Composite profile score

One verdict from three independent sources

40/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

55/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

D

Nutri-Score front-of-pack nutrition grade

Weighted 50% ingredient safety / 25% processing level / 25% nutrition grade. A dimension with no data for this product (common: source coverage is partial) is dropped and its weight redistributes across the remaining dimensions, so missing data never silently lowers the score. See the full benchmark table.

87243239 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Whole milk mozzarella and provolone cheese with premium sliced and diced pepperoni with a tomato sauce on a crust large pizza, classic pepperoni label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 55/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 44 ing. REG-PART 30% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-MID Len top 23% LEAD-FLAG BHA PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …243239 · July 2026

13 of 44 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: BHA). Source sheet 87243239 · Open Food Facts · July 2026. The screening score and flag counts are in the verdict band above. This desk is the provenance stamp, not a second scorecard. Methodology

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

This label lands in the third of four positions on the published scale. What separates that position from its neighbours is arithmetic rather than judgement: identical inputs run through the documented weighting always arrive at the same place. Anyone who works the calculation through by hand, using the methodology write-up together with the itemised ratings further down, will reproduce this number exactly — which is the reason for publishing a computed figure instead of an opinion.

This label falls in the fourth Nutri-Score band. The model arrives there when its penalty terms — energy density, sugars, saturated fat, sodium — carry more weight in the calculation than the fibre, protein and produce content it credits. The band covers a wide span of the points scale, so position within it is not visible from the letter alone. The grade reflects the declared nutrition panel and is unrelated to the additive ratings listed below, which come from different bodies applying different criteria.

The declared list is among the longer ones in this catalogue. A component set this wide means the screen returns many individual ratings, and the composite accumulates a large number of small contributions instead of turning on a handful of entries. At this length the per-component table below is substantially more informative than the single figure, because the figure compresses a great deal of variation into one number.

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 15,626 products we've scored in the Meals category, the average safety score is 93.6/100. Whole milk mozzarella and provolone cheese with premium sliced and diced pepperoni with a tomato sauce on a crust large pizza, classic pepperoni scores 38.6 points below that category average (55/100 vs. 93.6/100), so it is a comparatively weaker pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Meals products

Whole milk mozzarella and provolone cheese with premium sliced and diced pepperoni with a tomato sauce on a crust large pizza, classic pepperoni lists 44 ingredients on its label

44 77th percentile a longer ingredient list than 77% of the 11,283 products we track

0–2: 12 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 83 products (1%). Below this entry. 4–6: 127 products (1%). Below this entry. 6–8: 209 products (2%). Below this entry. 8–10: 312 products (3%). Below this entry. 10–12: 315 products (3%). Below this entry. 12–14: 412 products (4%). Below this entry. 14–16: 477 products (4%). Below this entry. 16–18: 542 products (5%). Below this entry. 18–20: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 545 products (5%). Below this entry. 22–24: 550 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 26–28: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 28–30: 574 products (5%). Below this entry. 30–32: 517 products (5%). Below this entry. 32–34: 466 products (4%). Below this entry. 34–36: 451 products (4%). Below this entry. 36–38: 443 products (4%). Below this entry. 38–40: 388 products (3%). Below this entry. 40–42: 3,204 products (28%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Meals product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

11,283 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 44 (77th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
12 products (0%)
2–4
83 products (1%)
4–6
127 products (1%)
6–8
209 products (2%)
8–10
312 products (3%)
10–12
315 products (3%)
12–14
412 products (4%)
14–16
477 products (4%)
16–18
542 products (5%)
18–20
552 products (5%)
20–22
545 products (5%)
22–24
550 products (5%)
24–26
552 products (5%)
26–28
552 products (5%)
28–30
574 products (5%)
30–32
517 products (5%)
32–34
466 products (4%)
34–36
451 products (4%)
36–38
443 products (4%)
38–40
388 products (3%)
40 and above
3,204 products (28%)

Source Open Food Facts, product label ingredient lists · July 2026

Ingredient-list length is a descriptive property of the label, not a safety rating. A longer list is not automatically worse and a shorter one is not automatically better; the count is shown so the label can be placed against a comparable population. The comparison here runs against the 11,283 Meals products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 55/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 44 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Crust
2
Enriched Flour
3
Wheat Flour
4
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
5
Reduced Iron
6
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
7
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
9
Water
10
Palm Oil
11
Soybean Oil
12
Yeast
13
Bread Crumbs
14
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
15
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
16
Acacia Gum
17
Enzymes
18
Fermented Wheat Flour
19
Whole Milk Mozzarella Cheese
20
Pasteurized Milk
21
Cheese Culture
22
Sauce
23
Tomato Puree Water
24
Tomato Paste
25
Spice
26
Citric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Safe GRAS
27
Garlic Powder
28
Onion Powder
29
Pepperoni
30
Pork And Beef
31
Spices
32
Dextrose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Cut Back GRAS
33
Lactic Acid Starter Culture
34
Oleoresin Of Paprika
35
Flavorings
36
Sodium Ascorbate
ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
GRAS
37
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
38
BHA
Avoid GRAS
39
BHT
Caution GRAS
40
Provolone Cheese
41
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
42
Dehydrated Parsley
43
Oregano
44
Organic Basil

Full Ingredient List

Crust (enriched flour [wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], water, palm oil, soybean oil, yeast, contains 2% or less of: bread crumbs [wheat flour, sugar, yeast, salt], sugar, salt, acacia gum, wheat flour, enzymes, fermented wheat flour), whole milk mozzarella cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), sauce (tomato puree water, tomato paste), salt, sugar, spice, citric acid, garlic powder, onion powder), pepperoni (pork and beef, salt, spices, dextrose, lactic acid starter culture, oleoresin of paprika, flavorings, sodium ascorbate, sodium nitrite, bha, bht, citric acid), provolone cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), contains 2% or less of: dehydrated garlic, dried parsley, dried oregano, dried basil.

Categories

Meals Pizzas pies and quiches Pizzas

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

BHA is the first flagged ingredient selected from Whole milk mozzarella and provolone cheese with premium sliced and diced pepperoni with a tomato sauce on a crust large pizza, classic pepperoni's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 44-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to BHA. Open BHA
  • Compare Whole milk mozzarella and provolone cheese with premium sliced and diced pepperoni with a tomato sauce on a crust large pizza, classic pepperoni's 3 flagged ingredients with a product from the same score neighbourhood. Compare labels
  • Check how caution flags contribute to the derived screening score before drawing a dietary conclusion. Read the method

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0013087243239: product data from Open Food Facts (July 2026). Screening from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine where attached. Figures are computed from those sources, not editor-typed. Methodology. Reference only, not dietary or medical advice.