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Cheesy meatball bake rigatoni pasta with beef & chicken meatballs in a seasoned tomato sauce and topped with real mozzarella cheese, cheesy meatball bake

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0013800875419 · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0013800875419 · Serving size 1 cup (205 g)

The verdict

Cheesy meatball bake rigatoni pasta with beef & chicken meatballs in a seasoned tomato sauce and topped with real mozzarella cheese, cheesy meatball bake scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 44 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 44-component record, beginning with Organic Tomato Puree, Water, Tomato Paste. 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.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 44 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
C
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

65/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

95/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

C

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.

00875419 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Cheesy meatball bake rigatoni pasta with beef & chicken meatballs in a seasoned tomato sauce and topped with real mozzarella cheese, cheesy meatball bake label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 44 ing. REG-PART 30% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-MID Len top 32% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …875419 · July 2026

13 of 44 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 00875419 · 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

Within the four-tier shelf-label framework this site publishes, the composite for this product falls in the highest band. That band is defined by a threshold on the derived score alone: it is where labels land once components carrying caution-or-worse registry ratings contribute little or nothing to the deduction. The band is a summary of what the screened registries return for the components that were parsed, so it inherits their coverage gaps — a component absent from both registries neither raises nor lowers the figure. The threshold and the weighting behind it are set out on the methodology page.

Nutri-Score settled on its middle grade here, the band the algorithm produces when the penalty and credit sides of its nutrient ledger come out close to balanced. A mid-scale grade is a statement about the panel as a whole rather than about any single nutrient, and products arrive at it by very different routes: a moderate profile across every term, or high marks on some offset by heavy penalties on others. The grade is computed separately from the ingredient screen below and the two are not comparable measures.

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 24,982 products we've scored in the Frozen foods category, the average safety score is 92.9/100. Cheesy meatball bake rigatoni pasta with beef & chicken meatballs in a seasoned tomato sauce and topped with real mozzarella cheese, cheesy meatball bake scores 2.1 points above that category average (95/100 vs. 92.9/100), so it is roughly typical for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Frozen foods products

Cheesy meatball bake rigatoni pasta with beef & chicken meatballs in a seasoned tomato sauce and topped with real mozzarella cheese, cheesy meatball bake lists 44 ingredients on its label

44 68th percentile a longer ingredient list than 68% of the 7,008 products we track

0–2: 11 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 54 products (1%). Below this entry. 4–6: 54 products (1%). Below this entry. 6–8: 66 products (1%). Below this entry. 8–10: 102 products (1%). Below this entry. 10–12: 112 products (2%). Below this entry. 12–14: 184 products (3%). Below this entry. 14–16: 205 products (3%). Below this entry. 16–18: 245 products (3%). Below this entry. 18–20: 284 products (4%). Below this entry. 20–22: 264 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 298 products (4%). Below this entry. 24–26: 247 products (4%). Below this entry. 26–28: 271 products (4%). Below this entry. 28–30: 284 products (4%). Below this entry. 30–32: 294 products (4%). Below this entry. 32–34: 325 products (5%). Below this entry. 34–36: 319 products (5%). Below this entry. 36–38: 314 products (4%). Below this entry. 38–40: 283 products (4%). Below this entry. 40–42: 2,792 products (40%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Frozen foods product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

7,008 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 44 (68th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
11 products (0%)
2–4
54 products (1%)
4–6
54 products (1%)
6–8
66 products (1%)
8–10
102 products (1%)
10–12
112 products (2%)
12–14
184 products (3%)
14–16
205 products (3%)
16–18
245 products (3%)
18–20
284 products (4%)
20–22
264 products (4%)
22–24
298 products (4%)
24–26
247 products (4%)
26–28
271 products (4%)
28–30
284 products (4%)
30–32
294 products (4%)
32–34
325 products (5%)
34–36
319 products (5%)
36–38
314 products (4%)
38–40
283 products (4%)
40 and above
2,792 products (40%)

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 7,008 Frozen foods 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 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 44 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Organic Tomato Puree
2
Water
3
Tomato Paste
4
Cooked Italian Style Meatballs
5
Beef
6
Mechanically Separated Chicken
7
Textured Vegetable Protein
8
Soy Flour
9
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
10
Zinc Oxide
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
11
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
12
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
13
Calcium Pantothenate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
14
Pyridoxine
GRAS
15
Hydrochloride
16
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
17
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
18
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
19
Vitamin B12
20
Bread Crumbs
21
Wheat Flour
22
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
23
Yeast
24
Seasoning
25
Onion
26
Natural Flavor
27
Celery
28
Tomato Puree With Citric Acid
29
Parmesan Cheese
30
Cultured Part-skim Milk
31
Enzymes
32
Romano Cheese From Cow's Milk
33
Sodium Phosphate
34
Cornstarch
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
35
Dehydrated Soy Sauce
36
Soybeans
37
Wheat
38
Organic Onions
39
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
40
Spices
41
Potassium Chloride
ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
42
Semolina Wheat Flour
43
Organic Low-moisture Part-skim Mozzarella Cheese
44
Cultured Milk

Full Ingredient List

Sauce & meatballs: tomato puree (water, tomato paste), cooked italian style meatballs (beef, mechanically separated chicken, water, textured vegetable protein [soy flour, caramel color, zinc oxide, ferrous sulfate, niacinamide, calcium pantothenate, pyridoxine, hydrochloride, riboflavin, thiamine mononitrate, vitamin a palmitate, vitamin b12], bread crumbs [wheat flour, salt, yeast], seasoning [salt, dried onion, flavor, dried celery], tomato puree with citric acid, parmesan cheese [cultured part-skim milk, salt, enzymes], romano cheese from cow's milk [cultured part-skim milk, salt, enzymes], salt, sodium phosphate), water, modified cornstarch, soy sauce (water, soybeans, wheat, salt), wheat flour, dried onions, sugar, salt, spices, potassium chloride, garlic powder. cooked pasta: water, semolina wheat flour, wheat gluten. cheese: low-moisture part-skim mozzarella cheese (cultured part-skim milk, salt, enzymes), parmesan cheese (cultured milk, salt, enzymes).

Categories

Frozen foods

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Cheesy meatball bake rigatoni pasta with beef & chicken meatballs in a seasoned tomato sauce and topped with real mozzarella cheese, cheesy meatball bake'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 Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Cheesy meatball bake rigatoni pasta with beef & chicken meatballs in a seasoned tomato sauce and topped with real mozzarella cheese, cheesy meatball bake's 1 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 0013800875419: 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.