Hormel, pizza ready, pizza sauce & meat, mini pepperoni
by Hormel
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0037600125321 · Hormel · Condiments. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
Hormel, pizza ready, pizza sauce & meat, mini pepperoni by Hormel scores 55/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 20 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 20-component label is layered, beginning with Tomatoes, 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 20 analyzed
- Group 4
- Ultra-processed
- D
- 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
40/100
Grade D
Ingredient Safety
55/100
FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening
Processing Level
NOVA 4
Ultra-processed foods
Nutrition Grade
D
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.
00125321 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Hormel, pizza ready, pizza sauce & meat, mini pepperoni label screening desk
6 of 20 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: BHA). Source sheet 00125321 · 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: Genoa Salami · Nearest score peer is Genoa Salami 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.
This label falls in the fourth Nutri-Score band. The model arrives there when its penalty terms — energy density, sugars, saturated fat, sodium — carry more weight in the calculation than the fibre, protein and produce content it credits. The band covers a wide span of the points scale, so position within it is not visible from the letter alone. The grade reflects the declared nutrition panel and is unrelated to the additive ratings listed below, which come from different bodies applying different criteria.
A mid-length component list was parsed from this label. There are enough separate entries for the screen to match several independently, while each matched entry still carries visible weight in the resulting index. Lists of this size are the most common shape in the catalogue, which makes the composite here easier to place against comparable products than at either extreme.
Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood
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. Hormel, pizza ready, pizza sauce & meat, mini 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
Hormel, pizza ready, pizza sauce & meat, mini pepperoni lists 20 ingredients on its label
20 76th percentile a longer ingredient list than 76% of the 27,084 products we track
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Distribution as text
- 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.
Ingredient Safety Analysis
How the 55/100 score is built
Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 20 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.
Full Ingredient List
Tomatoes (water, tomato paste), pepperoni (pork, beef, salt, contains 2% or less of water, dextrose, spice, lactic acid starter culture, oleoresin of paprika, garlic powder, sodium nitrite, bha, bht, citric acid), contains 2% or less of sugar, salt, citric acid, flavoring, spices.
Other products containing Or Less Of Sugar
Or Less Of Sugar is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 231 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.
Categories
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Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Hormel, pizza ready, pizza sauce & meat, mini pepperoni
Neighbours outside Hormel near Hormel, pizza ready, pizza sauce & meat, mini pepperoni's mid-band score (55/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Hormel; these peers cross brands.
Same mid-band screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (3 flagged of 20 on 0037600125321).
Medium-label peers (9–20 ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (20 on 0037600125321).
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Follow the flagged-label evidence
BHA is the first flagged ingredient selected from Hormel, pizza ready, pizza sauce & meat, mini pepperoni's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 20-ingredient record.
- Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to BHA. Open BHA
- Compare Hormel, pizza ready, pizza sauce & meat, mini 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 0037600125321: 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.