Safe

Delicious cheese-stuffed manicotti in a robust tomato meat sauce

by Hormel

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0037600051088 · Hormel · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0037600051088 · Serving size 1 TRAY (283 g)

The verdict

Delicious cheese-stuffed manicotti in a robust tomato meat sauce by Hormel scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 50 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 50-component record, beginning with Water, Manicotti, 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 50 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.

00051088 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Delicious cheese-stuffed manicotti in a robust tomato meat sauce label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 50 ing. REG-SPARSE 22% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 16% LEAD-RARE Sodium Metabisulfite PHOTO-FINISH Fajita Style Tortillas · ±0 BOOK-OFF …051088 · July 2026

11 of 50 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Metabisulfite). Source sheet 00051088 · 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: Fajita Style Tortillas · Nearest score peer is Fajita Style Tortillas 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. Delicious cheese-stuffed manicotti in a robust tomato meat sauce: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Delicious cheese-stuffed …100/1002. Fajita Style Tortillas: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Fajita Style Tortillas100/1003. Noodles & Chicken: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Noodles & Chicken100/1004. Famous sauce: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Famous sauce100/1005. Diced White Potatoes: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Diced White Potatoes100/100
High-band neighbours for Delicious cheese-stuffed manicotti in a robust tomato meat sauce (100/100) outside Hormel.
Chart values as text

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

Delicious cheese-stuffed manicotti in a robust tomato meat sauce
100/100
Fajita Style Tortillas
100/100
Noodles & Chicken
100/100
Famous sauce
100/100
Diced White Potatoes
100/100

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. Delicious cheese-stuffed manicotti in a robust tomato meat sauce scores 6.4 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 93.6/100), 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 Meals products

Delicious cheese-stuffed manicotti in a robust tomato meat sauce lists 50 ingredients on its label

50 84th percentile a longer ingredient list than 84% 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

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

11,283 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 50 (84th 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

1
Water
2
Manicotti
3
Semolina
4
Wheat Flour
5
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
6
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
7
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Iron
9
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
10
Ricotta
11
Fresh Whey
12
Pasteurized Part-skim Milk
13
Cream
14
Dried Vinegar
15
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
16
Bread Crumbs
17
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
18
Yeast
19
Parmesan Cheese
20
Cultures
21
Enzyme
22
Romano Cheese
23
Organic Sheep's Milk
24
Sodium Metabisulfite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, FREEZING OR COOLING AGENT, DIRECT CONTACT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT
GRAS
25
Black Pepper
26
Garlic Powder
27
Spices
28
Tomatoes In Juice
29
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
30
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
31
Cooked Pork Crumbles
32
Pork
33
Textured Vegetable Protein
34
Soy Flour
35
Soy Protein Isolate
36
Seasoning
37
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
38
Msg
39
Sodium Phosphate
40
Crushed Tomatoes
41
Organic Onions
42
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
43
Or Less Of Flavoring
44
Part Skim Cow's Milk
45
Cheese Culture
46
Enzymes
47
Disodium Inosinate And Disodium Guanylate
48
Hydrolyzed Corn Protein
49
Yeast Extract
50
Oleoresin Of Paprika

Full Ingredient List

Water, manicotti (dough: semolina [wheat flour, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, niacin, iron, folic acid], water, egg whites. filling: ricotta [fresh whey, pasteurized part-skim milk, cream, vinegar, salt], bread crumbs [wheat flour, sugar, yeast, salt], parmesan cheese [pasteurized part-skim milk, cultures, enzyme, salt], romano cheese [sheep's milk, cultures, enzyme, salt], sodium metabisulfite, salt, black pepper, garlic powder, spices), tomatoes in juice (contains citric acid, calcium chloride), cooked pork crumbles (pork, water, textured vegetable protein [soy flour, soy protein isolate], seasoning [spices, garlic powder, dextrose, monosodium glutamate], salt, sugar, sodium phosphate), concentrated crushed tomatoes, onions, modified cornstarch, contains 2% or less of flavoring, sugar, parmesan cheese (part skim cow's milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), salt, disodium inosinate and disodium guanylate, spices, citric acid, hydrolyzed corn protein, yeast extract, oleoresin of paprika.

Categories

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High-score cross-brand comparables for Delicious cheese-stuffed manicotti in a robust tomato meat sauce

Neighbours outside Hormel with screening scores in the same high band as Delicious cheese-stuffed manicotti in a robust tomato meat sauce (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Hormel; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Delicious cheese-stuffed manicotti in a robust tomato meat sauce has a longer ingredient list than 84% of its Meals 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 0037600051088: 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.