MEAT LOAF WITH TOMATO SAUCE
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0037600257565 · Hormel square table. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
MEAT LOAF WITH TOMATO SAUCE by Hormel square table scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 33 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 33-component record, beginning with Beef And Pork, Tomato Sauce, Tomato Paste. 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.
- 95/100
- Safe safety score
- 1
- One flagged · of 33 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
60/100
Grade C+
Ingredient Safety
95/100
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.
00257565 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
MEAT LOAF WITH TOMATO SAUCE label screening desk
6 of 33 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 00257565 · 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: Chicken Made With Mostly White Meat Chicken · Nearest score peer is Chicken Made With Mostly White Meat Chicken 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.
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.
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.
Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood
Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish
MEAT LOAF WITH TOMATO SAUCE lists 33 ingredients on its label
33 89th percentile a longer ingredient list than 89% of the 359,392 products we track
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Distribution as text
- 0–2
- 6,050 products (2%)
- 2–4
- 24,522 products (7%)
- 4–6
- 31,054 products (9%)
- 6–8
- 30,981 products (9%)
- 8–10
- 31,618 products (9%)
- 10–12
- 29,943 products (8%)
- 12–14
- 28,403 products (8%)
- 14–16
- 27,417 products (8%)
- 16–18
- 24,508 products (7%)
- 18–20
- 19,062 products (5%)
- 20–22
- 14,679 products (4%)
- 22–24
- 12,238 products (3%)
- 24–26
- 10,830 products (3%)
- 26–28
- 9,344 products (3%)
- 28–30
- 7,955 products (2%)
- 30–32
- 6,753 products (2%)
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- 5,918 products (2%)
- 34–36
- 5,282 products (1%)
- 36–38
- 4,531 products (1%)
- 38–40
- 4,063 products (1%)
- 40 and above
- 24,241 products (7%)
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. No category with enough published products was available for this record, so the comparison runs against the whole published catalogue.
Ingredient Safety Analysis
How the 95/100 score is built
Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 33 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.
Full Ingredient List
BEEF AND PORK, TOMATO SAUCE (TOMATO PASTE, VINEGAR, WATER, SEASONING [SUGAR, SALT, FLAVORING, SOY LECITHIN]), SEASONING (CRACKER MEAL [BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR], BEEF STOCK, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE [FROM MILK], DEXTROSE, TEXTURED VEGETABLE PROTEIN [SOY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, CARAMEL COLOR], DEHYDRATED ONION, ENCAPSULATED SALT [SALT, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL], HYDROLYZED SOY PROTEIN, DEHYDRATED BELL PEPPERS, CARAMEL COLOR, WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE SOLIDS [DISTILLED VINEGAR, MOLASSES, CORN SYRUP, SALT, CARAMEL COLOR, GARLIC POWDER, SUGAR, SPICES, TAMARIND, NATURAL FLAVORING ON MALTODEXTRIN], PARSLEY, FLAVORING), WATER.
Other products containing Worcestershire Sauce Solids
Worcestershire Sauce Solids is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 18 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.
More from Hormel square table
High-score cross-brand comparables for MEAT LOAF WITH TOMATO SAUCE
Neighbours outside Hormel square table with screening scores in the same high band as MEAT LOAF WITH TOMATO SAUCE (95/100 here). The 2 same-brand links above stay within Hormel square table; these peers cross brands.
Same high-band screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (1 flagged of 33 on 0037600257565).
Long-label peers (21+ ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (33 on 0037600257565).
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from MEAT LOAF WITH TOMATO SAUCE's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 33-ingredient record.
- Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
- Compare MEAT LOAF WITH TOMATO SAUCE's 1 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 0037600257565: 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.