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Hormel, compleats, lasagna with meat sauce

by Hormel

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0037600100502 · Hormel · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0037600100502 · Serving size 1 TRAY (283 g)

The verdict

Hormel, compleats, lasagna with meat sauce by Hormel scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 51 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 51-component record, beginning with Lasagna, Organic Pasta, Water. 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 51 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.

00100502 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Hormel, compleats, lasagna with meat sauce label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 51 ing. REG-PART 33% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 15% LEAD-RARE Sodium Metabisulfite PHOTO-FINISH Beer · ±0 BOOK-OFF …100502 · July 2026

17 of 51 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Metabisulfite). Source sheet 00100502 · 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: Beer · Nearest score peer is Beer 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. Hormel, compleats, lasagna with meat sauce: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Hormel, compleats, lasagn…100/1002. Beer: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Beer100/1003. Peanut Butter Spread: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Peanut Butter Spread100/1004. Reduced Fat Creamy Peanut Butter: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Reduced Fat Creamy Peanut…100/1005. Natural Peanut Butter Spread extra crunchy imp: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Natural Peanut Butter Spr…100/100
High-band neighbours for Hormel, compleats, lasagna with meat sauce (100/100) outside Hormel.
Chart values as text

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

Hormel, compleats, lasagna with meat sauce
100/100
Beer
100/100
Peanut Butter Spread
100/100
Reduced Fat Creamy Peanut Butter
100/100
Natural Peanut Butter Spread extra crunchy imp
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. Hormel, compleats, lasagna with 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

Hormel, compleats, lasagna with meat sauce lists 51 ingredients on its label

51 85th percentile a longer ingredient list than 85% 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: 51 (85th 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
Lasagna
2
Organic Pasta
3
Water
4
Enriched Durum Wheat Flour
5
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
6
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, 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
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
10
Egg Whites
11
Eggs
12
Ricotta Cheese
13
Whey
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FORMULATION AID, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
14
Pasteurized Skim Milk
15
Dried Vinegar
16
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
17
Bread Crumbs
18
Bleached Wheat Flour
19
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
20
Yeast
21
Parmesan Cheese
22
Pasteurized Part-skim Cow's Milk
23
Cheese Culture
24
Enzymes
25
Calcium Propionate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT
Safe GRAS
26
Romano Cheese
27
Granulated Garlic
28
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
29
White Pepper
30
Tomatoes
31
Tomatoes In Juice
32
Tomato Paste
33
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
34
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
35
Pork
36
Or Less Of Olive Oil
37
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
38
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
39
Carrots
40
Celery
41
Part Skim Cow's Milk
42
Organic Onions
43
Wine
44
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
45
Preservative
46
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
47
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
48
Yeast Extract
49
Pasteurized Cow's Milk
50
Cheese Cultures
51
Spices

Full Ingredient List

Lasagna (pasta [water, enriched durum wheat flour {durum wheat flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid}, egg whites, eggs], ricotta cheese [whey, pasteurized skim milk, vinegar, salt], water, bread crumbs [bleached wheat flour, dextrose, salt, yeast], parmesan cheese [pasteurized part-skim cow's milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, calcium propionate], romano cheese [pasteurized part-skim cow's milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, calcium propionate], salt, granulated garlic, sodium metabisulfite, white pepper), tomatoes (tomatoes in juice, water, tomato paste, calcium chloride, citric acid), water, pork, contains 2% or less of olive oil, sugar, modified cornstarch, carrots, celery, parmesan cheese (part skim cow's milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), onions, wine (contains salt, potassium sorbate [preservative]), garlic (contains high fructose corn syrup), yeast extract, romano cheese (pasteurized cow's milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), salt, spices, citric acid.

Categories

Meals

High-score cross-brand comparables for Hormel, compleats, lasagna with meat sauce

Neighbours outside Hormel with screening scores in the same high band as Hormel, compleats, lasagna with 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

Hormel, compleats, lasagna with meat sauce has a longer ingredient list than 85% 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 0037600100502: 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.