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Bertolli, mediterranean style meal for 2, garlic shrimp, penne & cherry tomatoes

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0036200256916 · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0036200256916 · Serving size 0.5 PACKAGE, PER CONTAINER (340 g)

The verdict

Bertolli, mediterranean style meal for 2, garlic shrimp, penne & cherry tomatoes 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 Blanched Penne Pasta, Water, Enriched Semolina Flour. 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
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

73/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

100/100

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.

00256916 · 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-B Nutri-B RANK-MID Len top 30% LEAD-RARE Rice Starch PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …256916 · July 2026

11 of 45 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Rice Starch). Source sheet 00256916 · 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.

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.

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 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

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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
Blanched Penne Pasta
2
Water
3
Enriched Semolina Flour
4
Durum Wheat Semolina
5
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
6
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
7
Thiamin Mononitrate
8
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
9
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
10
Soybean Oil
11
Tomatoes
12
Cherry Tomatoes
13
Cooked Garlic 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 Solids
19
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
20
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
21
Spices
22
Lemon Juice Solids
23
Autolyzed yeast extract
Flavoring
Certain People Should Avoid
24
Cellulose Gum
25
Lemon Oil
26
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
27
Natural Flavor
28
Less Than 2% Tricalcium Phosphate
29
Tripolyphosphate
30
Asparagus
31
White Wine
32
Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil
33
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
34
Organic Basil
35
Organic Onions
36
Rice Starch
STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Listed
37
Nonfat Milk
38
Clam Extract Concentrate
39
Dehydrated Parsley
40
Wheat Flour
41
Whole Eggs
42
Grated Parmesan Cheese
43
Pasteurized Cow's Milk
44
Culture
45
Enzymes

Full Ingredient List

Blanched penne pasta (water, enriched semolina flour (durum wheat semolina, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), soybean oil], tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, cooked garlic 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, less than 2% tricalcium phosphate (to prevent caking), tripolyphosphate (to retain moisture), water, asparagus, white wine, soybean oil, extra virgin olive oil, garlic, basil, onions, salt, rice starch, nonfat milk, clam extract concentrate, parsley, wheat flour, whole eggs, grated parmesan cheese (pasteurized cow's milk, culture, salt, enzymes), spices.

Categories

Frozen foods

Read the longer label in layers

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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 0036200256916: 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.