Safe

Spaghetti & Meatballs

by Banquet

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0031000007225 · Banquet. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0031000007225 · Serving size 1 meal (283 g)

The verdict

Spaghetti & Meatballs by Banquet scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 63 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 63-component record, beginning with Water, Tomato Paste, Organic Onions. 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 63 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0031000007225
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

67/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

95/100

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.

00007225 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Spaghetti & Meatballs label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 63 ing. REG-SPARSE 24% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-FINISH Cream Cheese Spread, · ±0 BOOK-OFF …007225 · July 2026

15 of 63 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 00007225 · 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: Cream Cheese Spread, Pumpkin Spice · Nearest score peer is Cream Cheese Spread, Pumpkin Spice 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.

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.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Spaghetti & Meatballs: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Spaghetti & Meatballs95/1002. Cream Cheese Spread, Pumpkin Spice: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Cream Cheese Spread, Pump…95/1003. Philadelphia Cream Cheese Spread: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Philadelphia Cream Cheese…95/1004. Wish-bone, light dressing, italian: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Wish-bone, light dressing…95/1005. Wish-bone, salad dressing, robusto italian, robusto italian: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Wish-bone, salad dressing…95/100
High-band neighbours for Spaghetti & Meatballs (95/100) outside Banquet.
Chart values as text

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

Spaghetti & Meatballs
95/100
Cream Cheese Spread, Pumpkin Spice
95/100
Philadelphia Cream Cheese Spread
95/100
Wish-bone, light dressing, italian
95/100
Wish-bone, salad dressing, robusto italian, robusto italian
95/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Spaghetti & Meatballs lists 63 ingredients on its label

63 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% 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: 63 (99th 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 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 63 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Water
2
Tomato Paste
3
Organic Onions
4
Parmesan Cheese
5
Part-skim Milk
6
Cheese Culture
7
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
8
Enzymes
9
Cornstarch
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
10
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
11
Soybean Oil
12
Crushed Garlic
13
Worcestershire Sauce
14
Dried Vinegar
15
Molasses
16
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
17
Anchovies
18
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
19
Tamarind Concentrate
20
Organic Cloves
21
Flavorings
22
Chili Pepper Extract
23
Flavoring
24
Spaghetti
25
Durum Flour
26
Durum Wheat Semolina
27
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
28
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
29
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
30
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
31
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
32
Egg Whites
33
Mechanically Separated Chicken
34
Pork
35
Beef
36
Textured Vegetable Protein
37
Soy Flour
38
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
39
Soyprotein Concentrate
40
Breader
41
Enriched Bleached Wheat Flour
42
Bleached Wheat Flour
43
Reduced Iron
44
Leavening
45
Sodium Bicarbonate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
46
Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
47
Yeast
48
Onion
49
Soysauce
50
Wheat
51
Soybeans
52
Less Than 0.1% Sodium Benzoate
53
Preservative
54
Sodium Tripolyphosphate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, HUMECTANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
55
Nutmeg
56
Natural Flavors
57
Soy Lecithin
58
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
59
Natural Flavor
60
Fish
61
Egg
62
Milk
63
Soy

Full Ingredient List

SAUCE: Water, Tomato Paste, Onions, Parmesan Cheese (Part-Skim Milk, Cheese Culture, Salt, Enzymes), Modified CornStarch, Sugar, Soybean Oil, Crushed Garlic, Worcestershire Sauce (Vinegar, Molasses, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Anchovies, Water, Onions,Salt, Garlic, Tamarind Concentrate, Cloves, Natural Flavorings, Chili Pepper Extract), Salt, Flavoring, Citric Acid. COOKED SPAGHETTI: Water,Spaghetti (Durum Flour [Durum Wheat Semolina, Niacin, Ferrous Sulfate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid], Dried Egg Whites),Soybean Oil. MEATBALLS: Mechanically Separated Chicken, Pork, Beef, Water, Textured Vegetable Protein (Soy Flour, Caramel Color), SoyProtein Concentrate, Breader (Enriched Bleached Wheat Flour [Bleached Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin,Folic Acid], Durum Flour, Leavening [Sodium Bicarbonate, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate], Yeast), Salt, Dehydrated Onion, Crushed Garlic, SoySauce (Water, Wheat, Soybeans, Salt, Less than 0.1% Sodium Benzoate [Preservative]), Caramel Color, Sodium Tripolyphosphate, Nutmeg,Natural Flavors), Soy Lecithin, Citric Acid, Natural Flavor. CONTAINS: FISH (ANCHOVIES), EGG, MILK, SOY, WHEAT.

High-score cross-brand comparables for Spaghetti & Meatballs

Neighbours outside Banquet with screening scores in the same high band as Spaghetti & Meatballs (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Banquet; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Spaghetti & 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 Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Spaghetti & Meatballs'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 0031000007225: 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.