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Bertolli, Mediterranean Style Meal For 2, Garlic Shrimp, Penne & Cherry Tomatoes

by Bertolli

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0031000650216 · Bertolli · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0031000650216 · Serving size 340 g

The verdict

Bertolli, Mediterranean Style Meal For 2, Garlic Shrimp, Penne & Cherry Tomatoes by Bertolli scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 45 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 45-component record, beginning with Cooked Pasta, Water, Enriched 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 45 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

68/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

100/100

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.

00650216 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Bertolli, Mediterranean Style Meal For 2, Garlic Shrimp, Penne & Cherry Tomatoes label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 45 ing. REG-SPARSE 24% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-MID Len top 30% LEAD-RARE Sodium Tripolyphosphate PHOTO-FINISH Shells and Cheese · ±0 BOOK-OFF …650216 · July 2026

11 of 45 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Tripolyphosphate). Source sheet 00650216 · 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: Shells and Cheese · Nearest score peer is Shells and Cheese 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.

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. Bertolli, Mediterranean Style Meal For 2, Garlic Shrimp, Penne & Cherry Tomatoes: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Bertolli, Mediterranean S…100/1002. Shells and Cheese: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Shells and Cheese100/1003. Mac & Cheese Three Cheese: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Mac & Cheese Three Cheese100/1004. Prepared Horseradish: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Prepared Horseradish100/1005. mac & cheese: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. mac & cheese100/100
High-band neighbours for Bertolli, Mediterranean Style Meal For 2, Garlic Shrimp, Penne & Cherry Tomatoes (100/100) outside Bertolli.
Chart values as text

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

Bertolli, Mediterranean Style Meal For 2, Garlic Shrimp, Penne & Cherry Tomatoes
100/100
Shells and Cheese
100/100
Mac & Cheese Three Cheese
100/100
Prepared Horseradish
100/100
mac & cheese
100/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 24,982 products we've scored in the Frozen foods category, the average safety score is 92.9/100. Bertolli, Mediterranean Style Meal For 2, Garlic Shrimp, Penne & Cherry Tomatoes scores 7.1 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 92.9/100), so it is a comparatively strong pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Frozen foods products

Bertolli, Mediterranean Style Meal For 2, Garlic Shrimp, Penne & Cherry Tomatoes lists 45 ingredients on its label

45 70th percentile a longer ingredient list than 70% of the 7,008 products we track

0–2: 11 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 54 products (1%). Below this entry. 4–6: 54 products (1%). Below this entry. 6–8: 66 products (1%). Below this entry. 8–10: 102 products (1%). Below this entry. 10–12: 112 products (2%). Below this entry. 12–14: 184 products (3%). Below this entry. 14–16: 205 products (3%). Below this entry. 16–18: 245 products (3%). Below this entry. 18–20: 284 products (4%). Below this entry. 20–22: 264 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 298 products (4%). Below this entry. 24–26: 247 products (4%). Below this entry. 26–28: 271 products (4%). Below this entry. 28–30: 284 products (4%). Below this entry. 30–32: 294 products (4%). Below this entry. 32–34: 325 products (5%). Below this entry. 34–36: 319 products (5%). Below this entry. 36–38: 314 products (4%). Below this entry. 38–40: 283 products (4%). Below this entry. 40–42: 2,792 products (40%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Frozen foods 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

7,008 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 45 (70th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
11 products (0%)
2–4
54 products (1%)
4–6
54 products (1%)
6–8
66 products (1%)
8–10
102 products (1%)
10–12
112 products (2%)
12–14
184 products (3%)
14–16
205 products (3%)
16–18
245 products (3%)
18–20
284 products (4%)
20–22
264 products (4%)
22–24
298 products (4%)
24–26
247 products (4%)
26–28
271 products (4%)
28–30
284 products (4%)
30–32
294 products (4%)
32–34
325 products (5%)
34–36
319 products (5%)
36–38
314 products (4%)
38–40
283 products (4%)
40 and above
2,792 products (40%)

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 7,008 Frozen foods 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

1
Cooked Pasta
2
Water
3
Enriched Pasta
4
Durum
5
Wheat Semolina
6
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
7
Ferrous
8
Sulfate
9
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
10
Riboflavin Folic Acid
11
Soybean Oil
12
Diced Tomatoes
13
Cooked Shrimp
14
Shrimp
15
Garlic Powder
16
Maltodextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
17
Corn Starch
18
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
19
Solids
20
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
21
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
22
Spices
23
Lemon Juice
24
Autolyzed yeast extract
Flavoring
Certain People Should Avoid
25
Cellulose Gum
26
Lemon Oil
27
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
28
Natural Flavor
29
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
30
Cherry Tomatoes
31
Asparagus
32
White Wine
33
Extra
34
Virgin Olive Oil
35
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
36
Organic Onions
37
Rice Starch
STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Listed
38
Nonfat Dry Milk
39
Clam Extract Concentrate
40
Wheat Flour
41
Whole Eggs
42
Parmesan Cheese
43
Pasteurized Milk
44
Cultures
45
Enzymes

Full Ingredient List

Cooked Pasta (Water, Enriched Pasta [ Water, Enriched Pasta [ Durum, Wheat Semolina, Niacin, Ferrous, Sulfate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin Folic Acid], Soybean Oil), Diced Tomatoes, Cooked Shrimp [ Shrimp, Garlic Powder, Maltodextrin, Modified Corn Starch, Corn Syrup, Solids, Salt, Sugar, Spices, Lemon Juice, Solids, Autolyzed Yeast Extract, Cellulose Gum, Lemon Oil, Citric Acid, Natural Flavor, Sodium Tripolyphosphate [ To Retain Moisture]), Cherry Tomatoes, Water, Asparagus, White Wine, Less Than 2% Of: Soybean Oil, Extra, Virgin Olive Oil, Spices, Garlic, Onions, Salt, Rice Starch, Nonfat Dry Milk, Clam Extract Concentrate, Wheat Flour, Whole Eggs, Parmesan Cheese (Pasteurized Milk, Cultures, Salt, Enzymes).

Categories

Frozen foods

High-score cross-brand comparables for Bertolli, Mediterranean Style Meal For 2, Garlic Shrimp, Penne & Cherry Tomatoes

Neighbours outside Bertolli with screening scores in the same high band as Bertolli, Mediterranean Style Meal For 2, Garlic Shrimp, Penne & Cherry Tomatoes (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Bertolli; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Bertolli, Mediterranean Style Meal For 2, Garlic Shrimp, Penne & Cherry Tomatoes has a longer ingredient list than 70% of its Frozen foods category 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 0031000650216: 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.