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BANQUET Rigatoni Italian Sausage, 8 OZ

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0031000005009. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0031000005009 · Serving size 1 Meal (227 g) (227 g)

The verdict

BANQUET Rigatoni Italian Sausage, 8 OZ scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 53 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 53-component record, beginning with Italian Sausage And Sauce Blend, Water, Tomatoes. 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 53 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0031000005009
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

70/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

100/100

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.

00005009 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

BANQUET Rigatoni Italian Sausage, 8 OZ label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 53 ing. REG-SPARSE 23% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 2% LEAD-RARE Ammonium Chloride PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …005009 · July 2026

12 of 53 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Ammonium Chloride). Source sheet 00005009 · 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

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.

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

BANQUET Rigatoni Italian Sausage, 8 OZ lists 53 ingredients on its label

53 98th percentile a longer ingredient list than 98% 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

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

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 53 (98th 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

1
Italian Sausage And Sauce Blend
 2
Water
 3
Tomatoes
 4
Italian Sausage
 5
Pork
 6
Seasoning
 7
Spices
 8
Paprika
 9
Garlic Powder
 10
Msg
 11
Onion Powder
 12
Water And Sodium Tripolyphosphate
 13
Mozzarella Cheese
 14
Pasteurized Milk
 15
Cultures
 16
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
17
Enzymes
 18
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
19
Corn Starch
 20
Soybean Oil
 21
Crushed Garlic
 22
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
23
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
24
Worcestershire Sauce
 25
Dried Vinegar
 26
Molasses
 27
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
28
Anchovies
 29
Organic Onions
 30
Tamarind Concentrate
 31
Organic Cloves
 32
Flavorings
 33
Chili Pepper Extract
 34
Whole Basil
 35
Onion
 36
Natural Flavor
 37
Potassium Chloride
ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
38
Ammonium Chloride
DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
39
Yeast Extract
 40
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
41
Ground Fennel
 42
Cooked Rigatoni Pasta
 43
Enriched Pasta
 44
Durum Wheat Semolina
 45
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
46
Iron
 47
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
48
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
49
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
50
X000d
 51
Fish
 52
Milk
 53
Wheat

Full Ingredient List

Italian Sausage and Sauce Blend (Water, Tomatoes, Italian Sausage [Pork, Seasoning {Salt, Spices, Paprika, Garlic Powder, Monosodium Glutamate, Onion Powder}, Water and Sodium Tripolyphosphate], Mozzarella Cheese [Pasteurized Milk, Cultures, Salt, Enzymes], Sugar, Modified Corn Starch, Soybean Oil, Crushed Garlic [Garlic, Citric Acid], Worcestershire Sauce [Vinegar, Molasses, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Anchovies, Water, Onions, Salt, Garlic, Tamarind Concentrate, Cloves, Natural Flavorings, Chili Pepper Extract], Salt, Whole Basil, Dehydrated Onion, Flavor [Potassium Chloride, Ammonium Chloride, Yeast Extract, Lactic Acid, Citric Acid], Ground Fennel, Citric Acid), Cooked Rigatoni Pasta (Water, Enriched Pasta [Durum Wheat Semolina, Niacin, Iron {Ferrous Sulfate}, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid], Soybean Oil)._x000D_CONTAINS: FISH (Anchovies), MILK, WHEAT.

Other products containing Water And Sodium Tripolyphosphate

Water And Sodium Tripolyphosphate is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 5 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

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Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

BANQUET Rigatoni Italian Sausage, 8 OZ has a longer ingredient list than 98% of its published comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0031000005009: 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.