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Tortellini with parmesan, romano and ricotta cheeses in a creamy pesto sauce

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0021130104277 · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0021130104277 · Serving size 1 TRAY (217 g)

The verdict

Tortellini with parmesan, romano and ricotta cheeses in a creamy pesto sauce scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 58 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 58-component record, beginning with Basil Cream Sauce, Water, Basil Pesto. 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 58 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.

30104277 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Tortellini with parmesan, romano and ricotta cheeses in a creamy pesto sauce label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 58 ing. REG-SPARSE 22% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 13% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …104277 · July 2026

13 of 58 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 30104277 · 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. Tortellini with parmesan, romano and ricotta cheeses in a creamy pesto sauce 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

Tortellini with parmesan, romano and ricotta cheeses in a creamy pesto sauce lists 58 ingredients on its label

58 87th percentile a longer ingredient list than 87% 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: 58 (87th 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 58 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Basil Cream Sauce
2
Water
3
Basil Pesto
4
Organic Basil
5
Canola Oil
6
Parmesan Cheese
7
Pasteurized Part-skim Milk
8
Cheese Culture
9
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
10
Granulated Garlic
11
Cream
12
Carrageenan
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Caution GRAS
13
Onion
14
Corn Starch
15
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
16
Soybean Oil
17
Pasteurized Cultured Milk
18
Enzymes
19
Parmesan Cheese Flavor
20
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
21
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
22
Natural Flavor
23
Hydrolyzed Corn Gluten
24
Hydrolyzed Wheat Gluten
25
Yeast Extract
26
Pecorino Romano Cheese
27
Pasteurized Sheep's Milk
28
Rennet
ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
29
Sodium Phosphates
30
Xanthan Gum
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Approved
31
Cheese Tortellini
32
Enriched Semolina And Flour
33
Semolina
34
Durum Wheat Flour
35
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
36
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
37
Thiamin Mononitrate
38
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
39
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
40
Ricotta Cheese
41
Whey
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FORMULATION AID, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
42
Milk
43
Dried Vinegar
44
Parmesan And Cheese Whey Blend
45
Cultures
46
Cheese Whey
47
Bread Crumbs
48
Wheat Flour
49
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
50
Yeast
51
Romano And Cheese Whey Blend
52
Romano Cheese
53
Cheese Cultures
54
Egg
55
Natural Flavor
56
Spices
57
Natural Cheddar Flavoring
58
Mozzarella Cheese

Full Ingredient List

Basil cream sauce (water, basil pesto [basil, canola oil, water, parmesan cheese [pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes}, granulated garlic, salt], cream [cream, carrageenan], onion, modified corn starch, basil, garlic, soybean oil, parmesan cheese [pasteurized cultured milk, salt, enzymes], parmesan cheese flavor [parmesan cheese {pasteurized cultured milk, salt, enzymes], water, salt, lactic acid, citric acid], flavor [hydrolyzed corn gluten, hydrolyzed wheat gluten, yeast extract, soybean oil], pecorino romano cheese [pasteurized sheep's milk, cheese culture, salt, rennet], salt, sodium phosphates, xanthan gum), cheese tortellini (enriched semolina and flour [semolina, durum wheat flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], water, ricotta cheese [whey, milk, vinegar, salt], parmesan and cheese whey blend [parmesan cheese {part skim milk, cultures, salt, enzymes}, cheese whey, salt], bread crumbs [wheat flour, dextrose, salt, yeast, soybean oil], romano and cheese whey blend [romano cheese {pasteurized milk, pasteurized sheep's milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes}, cheese whey, salt], egg, salt, natural flavor, spices, natural cheddar flavoring), mozzarella cheese (pasteurized cultured milk, salt, enzymes).

Categories

Frozen foods

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from Tortellini with parmesan, romano and ricotta cheeses in a creamy pesto sauce's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 58-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare Tortellini with parmesan, romano and ricotta cheeses in a creamy pesto sauce'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 0021130104277: 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.