Concern

Ziti Pasta, Cooked Italian Sausage, Ricotta Cheese, And Parmesan Cheese With Tuscan Marinara Sauce

by Taylor Farms

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0030223049951 · Taylor Farms · Condiments. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0030223049951 · Serving size 15 ONZ (425 g)

The verdict

Ziti Pasta, Cooked Italian Sausage, Ricotta Cheese, And Parmesan Cheese With Tuscan Marinara Sauce by Taylor Farms scores 55/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 47 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 47-component record, beginning with Tuscan Marinara Sauce, Tomato, Tomato Juice. 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.

55/100
Concern safety score
3
Few flagged · of 47 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

45/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

55/100

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.

23049951 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Ziti Pasta, Cooked Italian Sausage, Ricotta Cheese, And Parmesan Cheese With Tuscan Marinara Sauce label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 55/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 47 ing. REG-PART 30% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-FLAG Propyl Gallate PHOTO-FINISH Beef Breakfast Sausage · ±0 BOOK-OFF …049951 · July 2026

14 of 47 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Propyl Gallate). Source sheet 23049951 · 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: Beef Breakfast Sausage · Nearest score peer is Beef Breakfast Sausage at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

This label lands in the third of four positions on the published scale. What separates that position from its neighbours is arithmetic rather than judgement: identical inputs run through the documented weighting always arrive at the same place. Anyone who works the calculation through by hand, using the methodology write-up together with the itemised ratings further down, will reproduce this number exactly — which is the reason for publishing a computed figure instead of an opinion.

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. Ziti Pasta, Cooked Italian Sausage, Ricotta Cheese, And Parmesan Cheese With Tuscan Marinara Sauce: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Ziti Pasta, Cooked Italia…55/1002. Beef Breakfast Sausage: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Beef Breakfast Sausage55/1003. Beef Breakfast Sausage: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Beef Breakfast Sausage55/1004. Italian Hoagie Smoked Ham, Pepperoni, Salami, Provolone, Italian Hoagie: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Italian Hoagie Smoked Ham…55/1005. Thin Crust Supreme Pizza: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Thin Crust Supreme Pizza55/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Ziti Pasta, Cooked Italian Sausage, Ricotta Cheese, And Parmesan Cheese With Tuscan Marinara Sauce (55/100 on 47 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Ziti Pasta, Cooked Italian Sausage, Ricotta Cheese, And Parmesan Cheese With Tuscan Marinara Sauce
55/100
Beef Breakfast Sausage
55/100
Beef Breakfast Sausage
55/100
Italian Hoagie Smoked Ham, Pepperoni, Salami, Provolone, Italian Hoagie
55/100
Thin Crust Supreme Pizza
55/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 31,268 products we've scored in the Condiments category, the average safety score is 98.3/100. Ziti Pasta, Cooked Italian Sausage, Ricotta Cheese, And Parmesan Cheese With Tuscan Marinara Sauce scores 43.3 points below that category average (55/100 vs. 98.3/100), 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 Condiments products

Ziti Pasta, Cooked Italian Sausage, Ricotta Cheese, And Parmesan Cheese With Tuscan Marinara Sauce lists 47 ingredients on its label

47 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% of the 27,084 products we track

0–2: 186 products (1%). Below this entry. 2–4: 1,031 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 1,392 products (5%). Below this entry. 6–8: 2,093 products (8%). Below this entry. 8–10: 2,811 products (10%). Below this entry. 10–12: 3,070 products (11%). Below this entry. 12–14: 2,818 products (10%). Below this entry. 14–16: 2,724 products (10%). Below this entry. 16–18: 2,451 products (9%). Below this entry. 18–20: 2,045 products (8%). Below this entry. 20–22: 1,563 products (6%). Below this entry. 22–24: 1,244 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 934 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 694 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 551 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 420 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 246 products (1%). Below this entry. 34–36: 196 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 135 products (0%). Below this entry. 38–40: 134 products (0%). Below this entry. 40–42: 346 products (1%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Condiments 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

27,084 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 47 (99th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
186 products (1%)
2–4
1,031 products (4%)
4–6
1,392 products (5%)
6–8
2,093 products (8%)
8–10
2,811 products (10%)
10–12
3,070 products (11%)
12–14
2,818 products (10%)
14–16
2,724 products (10%)
16–18
2,451 products (9%)
18–20
2,045 products (8%)
20–22
1,563 products (6%)
22–24
1,244 products (5%)
24–26
934 products (3%)
26–28
694 products (3%)
28–30
551 products (2%)
30–32
420 products (2%)
32–34
246 products (1%)
34–36
196 products (1%)
36–38
135 products (0%)
38–40
134 products (0%)
40 and above
346 products (1%)

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 27,084 Condiments 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 55/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 47 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Tuscan Marinara Sauce
2
Tomato
3
Tomato Juice
4
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
5
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
6
Calcium Chloride
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, ENZYME, FIRMING AGENT, FREEZING OR COOLING AGENT, DIRECT CONTACT, FUMIGANT, HUMECTANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING
GRAS
7
Water
8
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
9
Onion
10
Olive Oil
11
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
12
Corn Starch
13
Organic Basil
14
Yeast Extract
15
Parmesan Cheese
16
Pasteurized Milk
17
Cheese Culture
18
Enzymes
19
Black Pepper
20
Spices
21
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
22
Organic Pasta
23
Semolina
24
Durum Wheat Flour
25
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
26
Iron
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
Cooked Italian Sausage
32
Pork
33
Corn Syrup Solids
34
Paprika
35
Flavoring
36
Disodium Inosinate And Disodium Guanylate
37
BHA
Avoid GRAS
38
BHT
Caution GRAS
39
Propyl Gallate
ANTIOXIDANT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Avoid GRAS
40
Soy Lecithin
41
Used As A Processing Aid
42
Ricotta Cheese
43
Pasteurized Whey
44
Dried Vinegar
45
Enzymes
46
Canola Oil
47
Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Full Ingredient List

Tuscan marinara sauce (tomato [tomato, tomato juice, citric acid, salt, calcium chloride], water, garlic, onion, olive oil, sugar, modified corn starch, salt, basil, yeast extract, parmesan cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], black pepper, spices, xanthan gum), pasta (water, [semolina {wheat}, durum wheat flour, niacin, iron (ferrous sulfate), thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid]), cooked italian sausage (pork, salt, spices, water, corn syrup solids, paprika, flavoring, disodium inosinate and disodium guanylate, bha, bht, propyl gallate, soy lecithin [used as a processing aid]), ricotta cheese (pasteurized whey, pasteurized milk, vinegar, salt), parmesan cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, and enzymes), canola oil, extra virgin olive oil.

Categories

Condiments Sauces Pasta sauces Groceries Marinara-pasta-sauce Marinara-sauce

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Ziti Pasta, Cooked Italian Sausage, Ricotta Cheese, And Parmesan Cheese With Tuscan Marinara Sauce

Neighbours outside Taylor Farms near Ziti Pasta, Cooked Italian Sausage, Ricotta Cheese, And Parmesan Cheese With Tuscan Marinara Sauce's mid-band score (55/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Taylor Farms; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Propyl Gallate is the first flagged ingredient selected from Ziti Pasta, Cooked Italian Sausage, Ricotta Cheese, And Parmesan Cheese With Tuscan Marinara Sauce's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 47-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Propyl Gallate. Open Propyl Gallate
  • Compare Ziti Pasta, Cooked Italian Sausage, Ricotta Cheese, And Parmesan Cheese With Tuscan Marinara Sauce's 3 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 0030223049951: 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.