Concern

Pepperoni pizza wrapped in a crispy browned crust snack rolls, pepperoni

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0032251319846 · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0032251319846 · Serving size 6 PIECES (85 g)

The verdict

Pepperoni pizza wrapped in a crispy browned crust snack rolls, pepperoni scores 55/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 59 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 59-component record, beginning with Malted Wheat Flour, Flour, Malted Barley Flour. Niacin. Ferrous Sulfate. 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 59 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
D
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

40/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

55/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

D

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.

51319846 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Pepperoni pizza wrapped in a crispy browned crust snack rolls, pepperoni label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 55/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 59 ing. REG-SPARSE 20% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 8% LEAD-FLAG BHA PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …319846 · July 2026

12 of 59 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: BHA). Source sheet 51319846 · 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

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.

This label falls in the fourth Nutri-Score band. The model arrives there when its penalty terms — energy density, sugars, saturated fat, sodium — carry more weight in the calculation than the fibre, protein and produce content it credits. The band covers a wide span of the points scale, so position within it is not visible from the letter alone. The grade reflects the declared nutrition panel and is unrelated to the additive ratings listed below, which come from different bodies applying different criteria.

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.

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 15,626 products we've scored in the Meals category, the average safety score is 93.6/100. Pepperoni pizza wrapped in a crispy browned crust snack rolls, pepperoni scores 38.6 points below that category average (55/100 vs. 93.6/100), 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 Meals products

Pepperoni pizza wrapped in a crispy browned crust snack rolls, pepperoni lists 59 ingredients on its label

59 92nd percentile a longer ingredient list than 92% of the 11,283 products we track

0–2: 12 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 83 products (1%). Below this entry. 4–6: 127 products (1%). Below this entry. 6–8: 209 products (2%). Below this entry. 8–10: 312 products (3%). Below this entry. 10–12: 315 products (3%). Below this entry. 12–14: 412 products (4%). Below this entry. 14–16: 477 products (4%). Below this entry. 16–18: 542 products (5%). Below this entry. 18–20: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 545 products (5%). Below this entry. 22–24: 550 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 26–28: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 28–30: 574 products (5%). Below this entry. 30–32: 517 products (5%). Below this entry. 32–34: 466 products (4%). Below this entry. 34–36: 451 products (4%). Below this entry. 36–38: 443 products (4%). Below this entry. 38–40: 388 products (3%). Below this entry. 40–42: 3,204 products (28%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Meals product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

11,283 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 59 (92nd percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
12 products (0%)
2–4
83 products (1%)
4–6
127 products (1%)
6–8
209 products (2%)
8–10
312 products (3%)
10–12
315 products (3%)
12–14
412 products (4%)
14–16
477 products (4%)
16–18
542 products (5%)
18–20
552 products (5%)
20–22
545 products (5%)
22–24
550 products (5%)
24–26
552 products (5%)
26–28
552 products (5%)
28–30
574 products (5%)
30–32
517 products (5%)
32–34
466 products (4%)
34–36
451 products (4%)
36–38
443 products (4%)
38–40
388 products (3%)
40 and above
3,204 products (28%)

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 11,283 Meals 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 59 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Malted Wheat Flour
2
Flour
3
Malted Barley Flour. Niacin. Ferrous Sulfate
4
Thiamine Mononitrate. Riboflavin. Folic Acid
5
Water
6
Or Less Of Salt
7
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
8
Soybean Oil
9
Sweet Whey
10
Sauce
11
Tomato Paste
12
Seasoning Blend
13
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
14
Or Less Of Xanthan Gum
15
Spices
16
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
17
Onion
18
Paprika
19
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
20
Beet Powder
21
Color
22
Guar Gum
23
Soy Flour
24
Parmesan Cheese Cultured Part-skim Milk
25
Enzymes
26
Pepperoni
27
Pork
28
Beef
29
Or Less Of Lactic Acid Starter Culture
30
Oleoresin Of Paprika
31
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
32
BHA
Avoid GRAS
33
BHT
Caution GRAS
34
May Also Contain 2% Or Less Of Spices
35
Spice Extractives
36
Dextrose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Cut Back GRAS
37
Flavorings
38
Sodium Ascorbate
ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
GRAS
39
Garlic Powder
40
Restricted Melt Cheese Blend
41
Mozzarella Cheese
42
Cheese Cultures
43
Imitation Cheese
44
Palm Shortening
45
Modified Food Starch
46
Whey Powder
47
Sodium Aluminum Phosphate
48
Gum Blend
49
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
50
Locust Bean Gum
51
Sorbic Acid
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
52
Disodium Phosphate
53
Sodium Citrate
54
Anti-caking Blend
55
Corn Starch
56
Calcium Sulfate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
57
Textured Soy Flour
58
Or Less Of Methylcellulose
59
Fried In Vegetable Oil

Full Ingredient List

Wrapper: (enriched, malted wheat flour [flour, malted barley flour. niacin. ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate. riboflavin. folic acid], water, contains 2% or less of salt, sugar, soybean oil, sweet whey), filling: (sauce [water, tomato paste, seasoning blend {cornstarch-modified, salt, sugar, contains 2% or less of xanthan gum, spices, soybean oil, dehydrated garlic, dehydrated onion, paprika, citric acid, beet powder (color), guar gum, soy flour, parmesan cheese cultured part-skim milk, salt, enzymes)}], pepperoni [pork, beef, salt, contains 2% or less of lactic acid starter culture, oleoresin of paprika, sodium nitrite, bha, bht, citric acid, may also contain 2% or less of spices, spice extractives, dextrose, sugar, flavorings, sodium ascorbate, water, garlic powder], restricted melt cheese blend [mozzarella cheese {pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes}, imitation cheese {water, palm shortening, modified food starch, whey powder, sodium aluminum phosphate, salt, gum blend (xanthan gum, locust bean gum, guar gum), citric acid, sorbic acid, disodium phosphate, sodium citrate, anti-caking blend (corn starch, calcium sulfate)}], textured soy flour, contains 2% or less of methylcellulose) fried in vegetable oil.

Categories

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Follow the flagged-label evidence

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BHA is the first flagged ingredient selected from Pepperoni pizza wrapped in a crispy browned crust snack rolls, pepperoni's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 59-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to BHA. Open BHA
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  • Check how caution flags contribute to the derived screening score before drawing a dietary conclusion. Read the method

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Barcode 0032251319846: 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.