Safe

Scrunchy, Spaghetti Rings And Mini Meatballs

by Shoprite

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0041190044740 · Shoprite. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0041190044740 · Serving size 252 g (1 cup)

The verdict

Scrunchy, Spaghetti Rings And Mini Meatballs by Shoprite scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 57 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 57-component record, beginning with Water, Organic Tomato Puree, 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 57 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0041190044740
Barcode (UPC/EAN)

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

67/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

95/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

N/A

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.

90044740 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Scrunchy, Spaghetti Rings And Mini Meatballs label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 57 ing. REG-SPARSE 26% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 2% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-FINISH Barbeque Potato Chips · ±0 BOOK-OFF …044740 · July 2026

15 of 57 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 90044740 · 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: Barbeque Potato Chips · Nearest score peer is Barbeque Potato Chips 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.

No Nutri-Score grade is present for this record in the OpenFoodFacts snapshot this page is built from. The nutritional dimension is absent rather than assessed and withheld: the grade depends on a complete declared nutrition panel, and community-contributed records vary in how much of that panel they carry. Nothing about the missing grade implies anything either way about the panel itself. The screen below covers additive ratings only and does not depend on the nutrition figures.

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. Scrunchy, Spaghetti Rings And Mini Meatballs: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Scrunchy, Spaghetti Rings…95/1002. Barbeque Potato Chips: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Barbeque Potato Chips95/1003. Baby back ribs flavored chips: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Baby back ribs flavored c…95/1004. Hickory & Brown Sugar: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Hickory & Brown Sugar95/1005. Beef Bouillon: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Beef Bouillon95/100
High-band neighbours for Scrunchy, Spaghetti Rings And Mini Meatballs (95/100) outside Shoprite.
Chart values as text

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

Scrunchy, Spaghetti Rings And Mini Meatballs
95/100
Barbeque Potato Chips
95/100
Baby back ribs flavored chips
95/100
Hickory & Brown Sugar
95/100
Beef Bouillon
95/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Scrunchy, Spaghetti Rings And Mini Meatballs lists 57 ingredients on its label

57 98th percentile a longer ingredient list than 98% of the 359,392 products we track

0–2: 6,050 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 24,522 products (7%). Below this entry. 4–6: 31,054 products (9%). Below this entry. 6–8: 30,981 products (9%). Below this entry. 8–10: 31,618 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 29,943 products (8%). Below this entry. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 57 (98th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

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%)
32–34
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 57 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Water
2
Organic Tomato Puree
3
Tomato Paste
4
Meatballs
5
Beef And Pork
6
Crackermeal
7
Bleached Wheat Flour
8
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
9
Iron
10
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
11
Vitamin B1
12
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
13
Vitamin B2
14
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
15
Soy Protein Concentrate
16
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
17
Onion
18
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
19
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
20
Hydrolyzed Corn Gluten
21
Soy Protein And Wheat Gluten
22
Spices
23
Flavorings
24
Soybean Oil
25
Enriched Pasta
26
Semolina Wheat Flour
27
Enriched With Iron
28
Dicalcium Phosphate
29
And B Vitamins
30
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
31
Vitamin D3
32
Egg White
33
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
34
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
35
Organic Carrot Juice
36
Enzyme Modified Cheese
37
Cheddar Cheese
38
Pasteurized Milk
39
Cultures
40
Enzymes
41
Cream
42
Sodium Phosphate
43
Xanthan Gum
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Approved
44
Carotenal
45
Color
46
Onion Powder
47
Garlic Powder
48
Cheese Flavor
49
Enzyme Modified Parmesan Cheese
50
Sodium Citrate
51
Yeast
52
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
53
Maltodextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
54
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
55
Ascorbic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
56
Oleoresin Paprika
57
Spice

Full Ingredient List

Water, tomato puree (water, tomato paste), meatballs (beef and pork, crackermeal (bleached wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate (vitamin b1), riboflavin (vitamin b2), and folic acid), water, soy protein concentrate, salt, onion, caramel coloring, garlic, hydrolyzed corn gluten, soy protein and wheat gluten, spices, flavorings, soybean oil), enriched pasta (semolina wheat flour [enriched with iron, dicalcium phosphate, b vitamins (niacin, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), vitamin d3], egg white), less than 2% of: sugar, sea salt, soybean oil, carrot juice, enzyme modified cheese (cheddar cheese [pasteurized milk, cultures, salt, enzymes], cream, water, salt, sodium phosphate, xanthan gum, carotenal [color]), salt, onion powder, garlic powder, cheese flavor (enzyme modified parmesan cheese [pasteurized milk, cultures, salt, enzymes], water, salt, sodium citrate, xanthan gum), dried yeast, citric acid, maltodextrin, high fructose corn syrup, ascorbic acid, flavorings, oleoresin paprika, spice.

Other products containing Soy Protein And Wheat Gluten

Soy Protein And Wheat Gluten is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 73 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

High-score cross-brand comparables for Scrunchy, Spaghetti Rings And Mini Meatballs

Neighbours outside Shoprite with screening scores in the same high band as Scrunchy, Spaghetti Rings And Mini Meatballs (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Shoprite; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Scrunchy, Spaghetti Rings And Mini Meatballs's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 57-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Scrunchy, Spaghetti Rings And Mini Meatballs'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 0041190044740: 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.