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Italiano Meat Lasagna Frozen Meal to Share

by Marie Callender's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0021131000172 · Marie Callender's · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0021131000172 · Serving size 1 cup (233 g)

The verdict

Italiano Meat Lasagna Frozen Meal to Share by Marie Callender's scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 52 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 52-component record, beginning with Meat Sauce, Crushed Tomatoes In 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.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One 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

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.

31000172 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Italiano Meat Lasagna Frozen Meal to Share label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 52 ing. REG-SPARSE 25% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 19% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-FINISH Marie Calendars Spaghetti · ±0 BOOK-OFF …000172 · July 2026

13 of 52 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 31000172 · 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: Marie Calendars Spaghetti Bowl · Nearest score peer is Marie Calendars Spaghetti Bowl at the same screening score.

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.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Italiano Meat Lasagna Frozen Meal to Share: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Italiano Meat Lasagna Fro…95/1002. Marie Calendars Spaghetti Bowl: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Marie Calendars Spaghetti…95/1003. Asian Chopped Salad: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Asian Chopped Salad95/1004. Safeway inc., pound cake: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Safeway inc., pound cake95/1005. Meal Replacement Shake: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Meal Replacement Shake95/100
High-band neighbours for Italiano Meat Lasagna Frozen Meal to Share (95/100) outside Marie Callender's.
Chart values as text

Unit: PlainFoodSafe screening score out of 100. Data current as of July 2026.

Italiano Meat Lasagna Frozen Meal to Share
95/100
Marie Calendars Spaghetti Bowl
95/100
Asian Chopped Salad
95/100
Safeway inc., pound cake
95/100
Meal Replacement Shake
95/100

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. Italiano Meat Lasagna Frozen Meal to Share 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

Italiano Meat Lasagna Frozen Meal to Share lists 52 ingredients on its label

52 81st percentile a longer ingredient list than 81% 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

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

7,008 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 52 (81st 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 52 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Meat Sauce
2
Crushed Tomatoes In Puree
3
Water
4
Tomato Paste
5
Tomatoes
6
Cooked Italian Sausage
7
Pork
8
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
9
Spice
10
Corn Syrup
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back GRAS
11
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
12
Flavoring
13
Organic Onions
14
Dehydrated Parsley
15
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
16
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
17
Corn Starch
18
Organic Basil
19
Olive Oil
20
Oregano
21
Canola Oil
22
Spices
23
Cooked Enriched Pasta
24
Durum Flour
25
Durum Wheat Semolina
26
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
27
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
28
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
29
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
30
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
31
Egg Whites
32
Ricotta Cheese Blend
33
Ricotta Cheese
34
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
35
Cream
36
Dried Vinegar
37
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
38
Parmesan And Romano Cheese From Cow's Milk
39
Part-skim Milk
40
Cheese Culture
41
Enzymes
42
Bread Crumbs
43
Wheat Flour
44
Yeast
45
Soybean Oil
46
Garlic Puree
47
Crushed Garlic
48
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
49
Part Skim Mozzarella Cheese
50
Pasteurized Organic Part Skim Milk
51
Skim Milk
52
Cultures

Full Ingredient List

Meat sauce (crushed tomatoes in puree [water, tomato paste, tomatoes], cooked italian sausage [pork, water, salt, spice, corn syrup, dextrose, flavoring], onions, water, contains 2% or less of: parsley, garlic, tomato paste, sugar, modified corn starch, salt, basil, olive oil, oregano, canola oil, spices), cooked enriched pasta (water, durum flour [durum wheat semolina, niacin, ferrous sulfate {iron}, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], dried egg whites), ricotta cheese blend (ricotta cheese [whey, cream, vinegar, carrageenan], water, parmesan and romano cheese from cow's milk [part-skim milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], cream, bread crumbs [wheat flour, contains 2% or less of: sugar, yeast, soybean oil, salt], sugar, basil, garlic puree [crushed garlic, citric acid*], salt, dried egg whites), part skim mozzarella cheese (pasteurized part skim milk, skim milk, salt, cultures, enzymes), parsley.

Categories

Frozen foods

High-score cross-brand comparables for Italiano Meat Lasagna Frozen Meal to Share

Neighbours outside Marie Callender's with screening scores in the same high band as Italiano Meat Lasagna Frozen Meal to Share (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Marie Callender's; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from Italiano Meat Lasagna Frozen Meal to Share'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 Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare Italiano Meat Lasagna Frozen Meal to Share'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 0021131000172: 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.