Pepperoni Pizza
by Celeste
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0019600047001 · Celeste. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
Pepperoni Pizza by Celeste scores 35/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 52 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 5 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 52-component record, beginning with Sauce, Organic Tomato Puree, Water. 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.
- 35/100
- Avoid safety score
- 5
- Many flagged · of 52 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
35/100
Grade F
Ingredient Safety
35/100
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.
00047001 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Pepperoni Pizza label screening desk
16 of 52 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: BHA). Source sheet 00047001 · 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 · Read with nearest score peer: Sausage & Pepperoni Pizza · Nearest score peer is Sausage & Pepperoni Pizza at the same screening score.
Screening model notes
How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record
The composite for this product falls in the lowest of the four bands. That is where labels land when registry-rated components drive the greater part of the deduction from the index. The band name is drawn from the framework's own scale and is distinct from the ratings the registries themselves assign to individual substances, which are shown per component below. A single heavily rated component and several lightly rated ones can produce the same band, so the component table is the more precise reading of the two.
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.
Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood
Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish
Pepperoni Pizza lists 52 ingredients on its label
52 97th percentile a longer ingredient list than 97% of the 359,392 products we track
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more 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
- 0–2
- 6,050 products (2%)
- 2–4
- 24,522 products (7%)
- 4–6
- 31,054 products (9%)
- 6–8
- 30,981 products (9%)
- 8–10
- 31,618 products (9%)
- 10–12
- 29,943 products (8%)
- 12–14
- 28,403 products (8%)
- 14–16
- 27,417 products (8%)
- 16–18
- 24,508 products (7%)
- 18–20
- 19,062 products (5%)
- 20–22
- 14,679 products (4%)
- 22–24
- 12,238 products (3%)
- 24–26
- 10,830 products (3%)
- 26–28
- 9,344 products (3%)
- 28–30
- 7,955 products (2%)
- 30–32
- 6,753 products (2%)
- 32–34
- 5,918 products (2%)
- 34–36
- 5,282 products (1%)
- 36–38
- 4,531 products (1%)
- 38–40
- 4,063 products (1%)
- 40 and above
- 24,241 products (7%)
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. No category with enough published products was available for this record, so the comparison runs against the whole published catalogue.
Ingredient Safety Analysis
How the 35/100 score is built
Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (5 flagged of 52 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.
Full Ingredient List
TOPPING: SAUCE (TOMATO PUREE [WATER, TOMATO PASTE], SEASONING (SALT, SPICES, SUGAR, DEHYDRATED GARLIC), FLAVOR BLEND (MALTODEXTRIN, DEXTROSE, NATURAL SPICE OLEORESINS), MODIFIED CORN STARCH, XANTHAN GUM), IMITATION MOZZARELLA BLEND (WATER, PALM OIL, MODIFIED POTATO STARCH, RENNET CASEIN, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, SODIUM CITRATE, SALT, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, NATURAL FLAVOR, CARRAGEENAN, LACTIC ACID, TITANIUM DIOXIDE), MOZZARELLA [PASTEURIZED CULTURED REDUCED FAT MILK, SALT, ENZYMES]), DICED PEPPERONI MADE WITH PORK-CHICKEN ADDED-SMOKE FLAVOR ADDED (PORK, MECHANICALLY SEPARATED CHICKEN, SALT, SPICES, WATER, DEXTROSE, SEASONINGS (NATURAL SPICE EXTRACTIVES, EXTRACTIVES OF PAPRIKA, NATURAL SMOKE FLAVOR, BHA, BHT, CITRIC ACID), LACTIC ACID STARTER CULTURE, SODIUM NITRITE). CRUST: MALTED WHEAT FLOUR (MALTED BARLEY FLOUR), WATER, SHORTENING FLAKE (PALM OIL, SOY LECITHIN, NATURAL BUTTER FLAVOR AND BETA CAROTENE), SOYBEAN OIL, YEAST, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, SALT, FERMENTED WHEAT FLOUR, CULTURED CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, DOUGH CONDITIONER (L-CYSTEINE MONOHYDROCHLORIDE), SALT.
Other products containing Diced Pepperoni Made With Pork-chicken Added-smoke Flavor Added
Diced Pepperoni Made With Pork-chicken Added-smoke Flavor Added is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 4 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.
More from Celeste
Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Pepperoni Pizza
Neighbours outside Celeste in the same lower screening band as Pepperoni Pizza (35/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Celeste; these peers cross brands.
Nearest screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (5 flagged of 52 on 0019600047001).
Long-label peers (21+ ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (52 on 0019600047001).
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Follow the flagged-label evidence
BHA is the first flagged ingredient selected from Pepperoni Pizza's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 52-ingredient record.
- Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to BHA. Open BHA
- Compare Pepperoni Pizza's 5 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 0019600047001: 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.