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Meat lasagna seasoned tomato beef sauce with cottage cheese, layered with lasagna noodles and topped with mozzarella and parmesan cheese family-size entree, meat lasagna

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0036800248823 · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0036800248823 · Serving size 1 cup (227 g)

The verdict

Meat lasagna seasoned tomato beef sauce with cottage cheese, layered with lasagna noodles and topped with mozzarella and parmesan cheese family-size entree, meat lasagna scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 33 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 33-component record, beginning with Water, Enriched Lasagna, Enriched Durum Wheat Semolina. 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 33 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.

00248823 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Meat lasagna seasoned tomato beef sauce with cottage cheese, layered with lasagna noodles and topped with mozzarella and parmesan cheese family-size entree, meat lasagna label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 33 ing. REG-PART 42% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-LONG Len top 55% LEAD-RARE Lipase PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …248823 · July 2026

14 of 33 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Lipase). Source sheet 00248823 · 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.

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.

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.

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. Meat lasagna seasoned tomato beef sauce with cottage cheese, layered with lasagna noodles and topped with mozzarella and parmesan cheese family-size entree, meat lasagna 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

Meat lasagna seasoned tomato beef sauce with cottage cheese, layered with lasagna noodles and topped with mozzarella and parmesan cheese family-size entree, meat lasagna lists 33 ingredients on its label

33 45th percentile a longer ingredient list than 45% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 34–36: 319 products (5%). Above this entry. 36–38: 314 products (4%). Above this entry. 38–40: 283 products (4%). Above this entry. 40–42: 2,792 products (40%). Above this entry. 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: 33 (45th 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
Water
2
Enriched Lasagna
3
Enriched Durum Wheat Semolina
4
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
5
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
6
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
7
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
9
Wheat Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
10
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
11
Crushed Tomatoes
12
Beef
13
Dry Curd Cottage Cheese
14
Nonfat Milk
15
Cheese Culture
16
Enzymes
17
Organic Low-moisture Part-skim Mozzarella Cheese
18
Milk
19
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
20
Celery
21
Organic Onions
22
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
23
Onion
24
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
25
Canola Oil
26
Garlic Base
27
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
28
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
29
Parmesan Cheese
30
Lipase
ENZYME, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROCESSING AID
Listed
31
Calcium Chloride
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, ENZYME, FIRMING AGENT, FREEZING OR COOLING AGENT, DIRECT CONTACT, FUMIGANT, HUMECTANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING
GRAS
32
Spices
33
Rosemary Extract

Full Ingredient List

Water, enriched lasagna (water, enriched durum wheat semolina [ferrous sulfate, niacin, calcium sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, wheat starch, folic acid]), crushed tomatoes, beef, dry curd cottage cheese (nonfat milk, cheese culture, enzymes), low-moisture part-skim mozzarella cheese (milk, cheese culture, enzymes, salt), celery, onions, modified cornstarch, dehydrated onion, sugar, salt, canola oil, garlic base (garlic, canola oil, water, citric acid), parmesan cheese (milk, cheese culture, salt, lipase, calcium chloride, enzymes), spices, rosemary extract.

Categories

Frozen foods

Trace this label’s coverage

Trace this label’s coverage

14 of 33 parsed ingredients on Meat lasagna seasoned tomato beef sauce with cottage cheese, layered with lasagna noodles and topped with mozzarella and parmesan cheese family-size entree, meat lasagna match at least one source registry. Use the ingredient records to see which entries carry source context and which remain unmatched.

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0036800248823: 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.