Concern

Pasta marinara with meatballs

by Taylor Farms

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0030223082002 · Taylor Farms · Plant-based foods and beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0030223082002 · Serving size 1 container (320 g)

The verdict

Pasta marinara with meatballs by Taylor Farms scores 65/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 63 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 63-component record, beginning with Cooked Linguine Pasta, Water, Enriched Linguine Pasta. 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.

65/100
Concern safety score
3
Few flagged · of 63 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

50/100

Grade C-

Ingredient Safety

65/100

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.

23082002 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Pasta marinara with meatballs label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 65/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 63 ing. REG-SPARSE 29% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 0% LEAD-FLAG BHA PHOTO-FINISH high protein nutritional · ±0 BOOK-OFF …082002 · July 2026

18 of 63 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: BHA). Source sheet 23082002 · 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: high protein nutritional shake Vanilla artificially flavored · Nearest score peer is high protein nutritional shake Vanilla artificially flavored 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. Pasta marinara with meatballs: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Pasta marinara with meatb…65/1002. high protein nutritional shake Vanilla artificially flavored: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. high protein nutritional …65/1003. Top,Ext,Ital Saus,3%Tvp,Fs,28Pc/Oz,2/5#Z: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Top,Ext,Ital Saus,3%Tvp,F…65/1004. Slow-Roasted Pork With Sauce Packet, Spiced Jerk: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Slow-Roasted Pork With Sa…65/1005. Mild coffee and caramel flavor cappuccino mix single cups, caramel: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Mild coffee and caramel f…65/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Pasta marinara with meatballs (65/100 on 63 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Pasta marinara with meatballs
65/100
high protein nutritional shake Vanilla artificially flavored
65/100
Top,Ext,Ital Saus,3%Tvp,Fs,28Pc/Oz,2/5#Z
65/100
Slow-Roasted Pork With Sauce Packet, Spiced Jerk
65/100
Mild coffee and caramel flavor cappuccino mix single cups, caramel
65/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 78,450 products we've scored in the Plant-based foods and beverages category, the average safety score is 97.7/100. Pasta marinara with meatballs scores 32.7 points below that category average (65/100 vs. 97.7/100), 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 Plant-based foods and beverages products

Pasta marinara with meatballs lists 63 ingredients on its label

63 100th percentile a longer ingredient list than every other product we track

0–2: 3,907 products (6%). Below this entry. 2–4: 7,921 products (12%). Below this entry. 4–6: 8,845 products (14%). Below this entry. 6–8: 7,032 products (11%). Below this entry. 8–10: 6,320 products (10%). Below this entry. 10–12: 4,190 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 3,449 products (5%). Below this entry. 14–16: 3,051 products (5%). Below this entry. 16–18: 2,493 products (4%). Below this entry. 18–20: 2,053 products (3%). Below this entry. 20–22: 1,808 products (3%). Below this entry. 22–24: 1,758 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 1,623 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 1,606 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 1,360 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 1,198 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 1,081 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 901 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 649 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 534 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 1,655 products (3%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Plant-based foods and beverages 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

63,434 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 63 (100th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
3,907 products (6%)
2–4
7,921 products (12%)
4–6
8,845 products (14%)
6–8
7,032 products (11%)
8–10
6,320 products (10%)
10–12
4,190 products (7%)
12–14
3,449 products (5%)
14–16
3,051 products (5%)
16–18
2,493 products (4%)
18–20
2,053 products (3%)
20–22
1,808 products (3%)
22–24
1,758 products (3%)
24–26
1,623 products (3%)
26–28
1,606 products (3%)
28–30
1,360 products (2%)
30–32
1,198 products (2%)
32–34
1,081 products (2%)
34–36
901 products (1%)
36–38
649 products (1%)
38–40
534 products (1%)
40 and above
1,655 products (3%)

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 63,434 Plant-based foods and beverages 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 65/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 63 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Cooked Linguine Pasta
2
Water
3
Enriched Linguine Pasta
4
Durum Wheat Semolina
5
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
6
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, 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
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
10
Canola Oil And Extra Virgin Olive Oil Blend
11
Marinara Sauce
12
Diced Tomatoes In Juice
13
Tomatoes
14
Tomato Juice
15
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
16
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
17
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
18
Crushed Tomatoes
19
Tomato Paste
20
Spice And Seasoning Blend
21
Food Starch-modified
22
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
23
Cultured Sugar
24
Organic Basil
25
Dehydrated Parsley
26
Oregano
27
Black Pepper
28
Yellow Onion
29
Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil
30
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
31
Fully Cooked Italian Style Beef And Pork Meatballs
32
Beef
33
Pork
34
Bread Crumbs
35
Wheat Flour
36
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
37
Yeast
38
Romano Cheese
39
Pasteurized Cow's Milk
40
Cheese Cultures
41
Enzymes
42
Ricotta Cheese
43
Pasteurized Milk
44
Pasteurized Whey
45
Pasteurized Cream
46
Dried Vinegar
47
Stabilizers
48
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
49
Locust Bean Gum
50
Guar Gum
51
Textured Vegetable Protein
52
Soy Protein Concentrate
53
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
54
Organic Liquid Egg Whites
55
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
56
Spices
57
Dehydrated Parsley
58
Brown Sugar
59
Disodium Inosinate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
60
Disodium Guanylate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Approved
61
BHA
Avoid GRAS
62
BHT
Caution GRAS
63
Parmesan Cheese

Full Ingredient List

Cooked linguine pasta, water, enriched linguine pasta (durum wheat semolina, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), canola oil and extra virgin olive oil blend, marinara sauce (diced tomatoes in juice [tomatoes, tomato juice, sea salt, calcium chloride, citric acid], water, concentrated crushed tomatoes [tomatoes, sea salt, citric acid], tomato paste [tomatoes], spice and seasoning blend [food starch-modified, sugar, cultured sugar, sea salt, dried basil, dried parsley, dried oregano, black pepper, yellow onion, extra virgin olive oil, garlic]), fully cooked Italian style beef and pork meatballs (beef, pork, water, bread crumbs [wheat flour, salt, yeast], Romano cheese [pasteurized cow's milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes], ricotta cheese [pasteurized milk, pasteurized whey, pasteurized cream, vinegar, salt, stabilizers (xanthan gum, locust bean gum, guar gum)], textured vegetable protein [soy protein concentrate, caramel color], liquid egg whites, salt, dried garlic, spices, parsley, brown sugar, caramel color, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, BHA, BHT, citric acid), Parmesan cheese.

Categories

Plant-based foods and beverages Plant-based foods Pastas

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Pasta marinara with meatballs

Neighbours outside Taylor Farms near Pasta marinara with meatballs's mid-band score (65/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Taylor Farms; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

BHA is the first flagged ingredient selected from Pasta marinara with meatballs's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 63-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to BHA. Open BHA
  • Compare Pasta marinara with meatballs'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 0030223082002: 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.