Concern

Mama mary's, gourmet pizza sauce, pepperoni

by Mama

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0035457770688 · Mama · Condiments. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0035457770688 · Serving size 0.25 cup (64 g)

The verdict

Mama mary's, gourmet pizza sauce, pepperoni by Mama scores 55/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 24 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 24-component label is layered, beginning with Organic Tomato Puree, Water, Tomato Paste. Start with any flagged rows, then check the nutrition grade and serving size instead of treating one roll-up score as the whole decision. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

55/100
Concern safety score
3
Few flagged · of 24 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
B
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

55/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

B

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.

57770688 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Mama mary's, gourmet pizza sauce, pepperoni label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 55/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-LAYERED 24 ing. REG-PART 38% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-B Nutri-B RANK-SHORT Len top 13% LEAD-FLAG Sodium Nitrate PHOTO-FINISH PEPPERONI · ±0 BOOK-OFF …770688 · July 2026

9 of 24 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Nitrate). Source sheet 57770688 · 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: PEPPERONI · Nearest score peer is PEPPERONI 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.

The Nutri-Score algorithm returned its second band for this label. That grade typically describes a nutrition panel whose favourable components register clearly in the model without fully offsetting its energy or sodium terms. Because the calculation is a single points balance rather than a set of independent thresholds, a strong fibre or protein figure can lift a panel into this band even where one penalised nutrient sits high. The grade summarises the declared panel alone and carries no information about the additive ratings screened below.

This label parsed into a long component list. Where many entries are screened at once, the composite tends to reflect the overall mix of registry ratings returned rather than the rating of any one entry. Longer declarations also carry more sub-listed and compound entries, where a parenthetical group is resolved into its parts, so the parsed count can exceed what a reader counts on the packaging.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Mama mary's, gourmet pizza sauce, pepperoni: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Mama mary's, gourmet pizz…55/1002. PEPPERONI: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. PEPPERONI55/1003. Hy vee original pepperoni: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Hy vee original pepperoni55/1004. Hy-vee, sugar free peppermint hard candy: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Hy-vee, sugar free pepper…55/1005. Hy-vee, sugar free hard candy, cinnamon: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Hy-vee, sugar free hard c…55/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Mama mary's, gourmet pizza sauce, pepperoni (55/100 on 24 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Mama mary's, gourmet pizza sauce, pepperoni
55/100
PEPPERONI
55/100
Hy vee original pepperoni
55/100
Hy-vee, sugar free peppermint hard candy
55/100
Hy-vee, sugar free hard candy, cinnamon
55/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 31,268 products we've scored in the Condiments category, the average safety score is 98.3/100. Mama mary's, gourmet pizza sauce, pepperoni scores 43.3 points below that category average (55/100 vs. 98.3/100), 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 Condiments products

Mama mary's, gourmet pizza sauce, pepperoni lists 24 ingredients on its label

24 87th percentile a longer ingredient list than 87% of the 27,084 products we track

0–2: 186 products (1%). Below this entry. 2–4: 1,031 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 1,392 products (5%). Below this entry. 6–8: 2,093 products (8%). Below this entry. 8–10: 2,811 products (10%). Below this entry. 10–12: 3,070 products (11%). Below this entry. 12–14: 2,818 products (10%). Below this entry. 14–16: 2,724 products (10%). Below this entry. 16–18: 2,451 products (9%). Below this entry. 18–20: 2,045 products (8%). Below this entry. 20–22: 1,563 products (6%). Below this entry. 22–24: 1,244 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 934 products (3%). This entry sits in this band. 26–28: 694 products (3%). Above this entry. 28–30: 551 products (2%). Above this entry. 30–32: 420 products (2%). Above this entry. 32–34: 246 products (1%). Above this entry. 34–36: 196 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 135 products (0%). Above this entry. 38–40: 134 products (0%). Above this entry. 40–42: 346 products (1%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Condiments 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

27,084 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 24 (87th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
186 products (1%)
2–4
1,031 products (4%)
4–6
1,392 products (5%)
6–8
2,093 products (8%)
8–10
2,811 products (10%)
10–12
3,070 products (11%)
12–14
2,818 products (10%)
14–16
2,724 products (10%)
16–18
2,451 products (9%)
18–20
2,045 products (8%)
20–22
1,563 products (6%)
22–24
1,244 products (5%)
24–26
934 products (3%)
26–28
694 products (3%)
28–30
551 products (2%)
30–32
420 products (2%)
32–34
246 products (1%)
34–36
196 products (1%)
36–38
135 products (0%)
38–40
134 products (0%)
40 and above
346 products (1%)

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 27,084 Condiments products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.

Full Ingredient List

Tomato puree (water , tomato paste), ground pepperoni (pork, beef, salt, water, dextrose, natural spices, lactic acid starter culture, oleoresin of paprika, dehydrated garlic, sodium nitrate, bha, bht, citric acid) fresh onions, sugar, salt, fresh celery, imported olive oil, green bell peppers, spices, lemon juice, garlic.

Categories

Condiments Sauces Pizza sauces Groceries

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Mama mary's, gourmet pizza sauce, pepperoni

Neighbours outside Mama near Mama mary's, gourmet pizza sauce, pepperoni's mid-band score (55/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Mama; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sodium Nitrate is the first flagged ingredient selected from Mama mary's, gourmet pizza sauce, pepperoni's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 24-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sodium Nitrate. Open Sodium Nitrate
  • Compare Mama mary's, gourmet pizza sauce, pepperoni'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 0035457770688: 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.