Caution

Gotta luv meat uncured pepperoni, italian style meatballs, italian sausage, ham & bacon stone oven thin crust artisan pizza, gotta luv meat

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0021130121526 · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0021130121526 · Serving size 0.25 PIZZA (143 g)

The verdict

Gotta luv meat uncured pepperoni, italian style meatballs, italian sausage, ham & bacon stone oven thin crust artisan pizza, gotta luv meat scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 73 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 73-component record, beginning with Crust, Enriched Wheat 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.

85/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 73 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
E
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

50/100

Grade C-

Ingredient Safety

85/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

E

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.

30121526 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Gotta luv meat uncured pepperoni, italian style meatballs, italian sausage, ham & bacon stone oven thin crust artisan pizza, gotta luv meat label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 73 ing. REG-SPARSE 22% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 3% LEAD-FLAG Sodium Nitrite PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …121526 · July 2026

16 of 73 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Nitrite). Source sheet 30121526 · 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

The composite for this product falls in the second band of the four-tier framework. That band collects labels whose registry-rated components pull the derived score down measurably without dominating it. Position inside a band is not visible from the band name, and two labels sharing it can differ in how many components were rated and how severely. This is a threshold on an index computed here from public data, not a regulatory classification of any kind; the exact cut-offs are published on the methodology page.

Nutri-Score assigned its lowest band to this label. The algorithm reserves that grade for nutrition panels where the values it penalises sit well above the components it credits. The two systems on this page measure genuinely different things: a product can hold this grade while carrying no additive flagged by the registries screened below, and a product graded well can carry several. Neither reading substitutes for the other, and the per-component table is where the additive picture is set out.

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. Gotta luv meat uncured pepperoni, italian style meatballs, italian sausage, ham & bacon stone oven thin crust artisan pizza, gotta luv meat scores 8.6 points below that category average (85/100 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

Gotta luv meat uncured pepperoni, italian style meatballs, italian sausage, ham & bacon stone oven thin crust artisan pizza, gotta luv meat lists 73 ingredients on its label

73 97th percentile a longer ingredient list than 97% 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

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

11,283 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 73 (97th 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 85/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 73 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Crust
2
Enriched Wheat Flour
3
Wheat Flour
4
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
5
Reduced Iron
6
Ascorbic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
7
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
9
Enzyme
10
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
11
Water
12
Soybean
13
Canola Oil
14
Cultured Wheat Flour
15
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
16
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
17
Sourdough
18
Rye Flour
19
Yeast
20
Vegetable Mono-and Diglycerides
21
Inactive Dried Yeast
22
Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil
23
Durum Wheat Semolina
24
Sauce
25
Tomatoes
26
Dehydrated Garlic And Onion
27
Spices
28
Natural Flavor
29
Whole Milk Mozzarella Cheese
30
Pasteurized Milk
31
Cheese Culture
32
Enzymes
33
Uncured Pepperoni No Added Nitrates Or Nitrites
34
Pork
35
Beef
36
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
37
Lactic Acid Starter Culture
38
Oleoresin Of Paprika
39
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
40
Garlic Powder
41
Celery Powder
42
Cane Sugar
43
Spice Extractives
44
Cooked Italian Style Meatballs
45
Bread Crumbs
46
Ricotta Cheese
47
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
48
Pasteurized Whole Milk
49
Dried Vinegar
50
Romano Cheese
51
Cheese Cultures
52
Flavorings
53
Dehydrated Parsley
54
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
55
Brown Sugar
56
Soy Protein Concentrate
57
Italian Sausage
58
Pork Fat
59
Flavorings
60
Sodium Phosphates
61
Yeast Extract
62
Ham With Natural Juices
63
Cured With Water
64
Sodium Lactate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, WASHING OR SURFACE REMOVAL AGENT
GRAS
65
Sodium Phosphate
66
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
67
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
68
Cooked Bacon
69
Sodium Erythorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
Safe GRAS
70
Smoke Flavoring
71
Parmesan And Romano Cheese Blend
72
Parmesan Cheese
73
Rennet
ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS

Full Ingredient List

Crust (enriched wheat flour [wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, ascorbic acid {as dough conditioner}, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, enzyme, folic acid], water, soybean and/or canola oil, cultured wheat flour, salt, sugar, dried sourdough [wheat flour, rye flour, yeast, ascorbic acid, enzyme], vegetable mono-and diglycerides, yeast, inactive yeast, extra virgin olive oil, enzyme, durum wheat semolina), sauce (water, tomatoes, sugar, salt, dehydrated garlic and onion, spices, natural flavor), whole milk mozzarella cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), uncured pepperoni no added nitrates or nitrites* (pork, beef, sea salt, contains 2% or less of: spices, lactic acid starter culture, natural flavor, oleoresin of paprika, may contain: dextrose, garlic powder, celery powder, cane sugar, natural spice extractives), cooked italian style meatballs (pork, beef, water, bread crumbs [wheat flour, sugar, salt, yeast, canola oil], ricotta cheese [whey, pasteurized whole milk, vinegar, salt], romano cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes], salt, spices, natural flavorings, dehydrated parsley, dehydrated garlic, brown sugar, soy protein concentrate), italian sausage (pork, pork fat, spices, dextrose, salt, flavorings, sodium phosphates, yeast extract), ham with natural juices (cured with water, salt, sodium lactate, dextrose, sodium phosphate, sodium ascorbate, sodium nitrite), cooked bacon (bacon cured with: water, salt, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite, sugar, smoke flavoring, sodium phosphate, may contain brown sugar), parmesan and romano cheese blend (parmesan cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, rennet], romano cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, rennet])

Categories

Meals Pizzas pies and quiches Pizzas

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sodium Nitrite is the first flagged ingredient selected from Gotta luv meat uncured pepperoni, italian style meatballs, italian sausage, ham & bacon stone oven thin crust artisan pizza, gotta luv meat's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 73-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sodium Nitrite. Open Sodium Nitrite
  • Compare Gotta luv meat uncured pepperoni, italian style meatballs, italian sausage, ham & bacon stone oven thin crust artisan pizza, gotta luv meat'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 0021130121526: 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.