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MARIE CALLENDERS Three Cheese Pepperoni Sausage Ziti, 12 OZ

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0021131500412. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0021131500412 · Serving size 1 MEAL (340 g) (340 g)

The verdict

MARIE CALLENDERS Three Cheese Pepperoni Sausage Ziti, 12 OZ scores 35/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 51 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 51-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.

35/100
Avoid safety score
5
Many flagged · of 51 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0021131500412
Barcode (UPC/EAN)

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

27/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

35/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

N/A

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.

31500412 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

MARIE CALLENDERS Three Cheese Pepperoni Sausage Ziti, 12 OZ label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 35/100 FLAG-MANY 5 flagged LEN-DENSE 51 ing. REG-SPARSE 29% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 3% LEAD-FLAG Propyl Gallate PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …500412 · July 2026

15 of 51 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Propyl Gallate). Source sheet 31500412 · 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 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.

No Nutri-Score grade is present for this record in the OpenFoodFacts snapshot this page is built from. The nutritional dimension is absent rather than assessed and withheld: the grade depends on a complete declared nutrition panel, and community-contributed records vary in how much of that panel they carry. Nothing about the missing grade implies anything either way about the panel itself. The screen below covers additive ratings only and does not depend on the nutrition figures.

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.

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

MARIE CALLENDERS Three Cheese Pepperoni Sausage Ziti, 12 OZ lists 51 ingredients on its label

51 97th percentile a longer ingredient list than 97% of the 359,392 products we track

0–2: 6,050 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 24,522 products (7%). Below this entry. 4–6: 31,054 products (9%). Below this entry. 6–8: 30,981 products (9%). Below this entry. 8–10: 31,618 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 29,943 products (8%). Below this entry. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 51 (97th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

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 51 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Organic Tomato Puree
2
Water
3
Tomato Paste
4
Cooked Enriched Pasta
5
Organic Pasta
6
Durum Wheat Semolina
7
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
9
Thiamine Mononitrite
10
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
11
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
12
Olive Oil
13
Diced Tomatoes With Juice
14
Low Moisture Part Skim Mozzarella Cheese
15
Part Skim Mozzarella Cheese
16
Pasteurized Milk
17
Cultures
18
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
19
Enzymes
20
Whey Protein Concentrate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
21
Parmesan And Romano
22
Made From Cow’s Milk
23
Cheeses
24
Part-skim Milk
25
Cheese Culture
26
Sausage
27
Pork
28
Spices
29
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
30
Paprika
31
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
32
Flavoring
33
BHA
Avoid GRAS
34
Propyl Gallate
ANTIOXIDANT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Avoid GRAS
35
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
36
Pepperoni
37
Beef
38
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
39
Flavorings
40
Lactic Acid Starter Culture
41
Oleoresin Of Paprika
42
Sodium Nitrate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
43
BHT
Caution GRAS
44
Wine
45
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
46
Corn Starch
47
Sweeteners
48
Refinery Syrup
49
Honey
50
Wheat
51
Milk

Full Ingredient List

Tomato Puree (Water, Tomato Paste), Cooked Enriched Pasta (Water, Pasta [Durum Wheat Semolina, Niacin, Ferrous Sulfate {Iron}, Thiamine Mononitrite, Riboflavin, Folic Acid], Olive Oil), Diced Tomatoes with Juice, Low Moisture Part Skim Mozzarella Cheese (Part Skim Mozzarella Cheese [Pasteurized Milk, Cultures, Salt, Enzymes], Whey Protein Concentrate), Parmesan and Romano (Made From Cow’s Milk) Cheeses (Part-Skim Milk, Cheese Culture, Salt, Enzymes), Sausage (Pork, Spices, Water, Salt, Corn Syrup, Paprika, Caramel Color, Flavoring, BHA, Propyl Gallate, Citric Acid), Pepperoni (Pork, Beef, Salt, Dextrose, Flavorings, Lactic Acid Starter Culture, Oleoresin Of Paprika, Sodium Nitrate, BHA, BHT, Citric Acid), Contains 2% or less of: Wine, Garlic, Modified Corn Starch, Sweeteners (Refinery Syrup, Honey), Salt, Flavoring, Citric Acid. CONTAINS: WHEAT, MILK.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Propyl Gallate is the first flagged ingredient selected from MARIE CALLENDERS Three Cheese Pepperoni Sausage Ziti, 12 OZ's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 51-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Propyl Gallate. Open Propyl Gallate
  • Compare MARIE CALLENDERS Three Cheese Pepperoni Sausage Ziti, 12 OZ'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 0021131500412: 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.