Safe

Tomato Soup With Meatballs & Penne

by Progresso

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0041196474756 · Progresso · Canned foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0041196474756 · Serving size 1 cup (238 g)

The verdict

Tomato Soup With Meatballs & Penne by Progresso scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 48 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 48-component record, beginning with Organic Tomato Puree, Water, 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 48 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

65/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

95/100

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.

96474756 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Tomato Soup With Meatballs & Penne label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 48 ing. REG-SPARSE 19% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-FINISH Beef Birria Ramen · ±0 BOOK-OFF …474756 · July 2026

9 of 48 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 96474756 · 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: Beef Birria Ramen Noodles · Nearest score peer is Beef Birria Ramen Noodles 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. Tomato Soup With Meatballs & Penne: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Tomato Soup With Meatball…95/1002. Beef Birria Ramen Noodles: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Beef Birria Ramen Noodles95/1003. Hearty Smokehouse-Style Steak & Potatoes with Roasted Vegetables Soup: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Hearty Smokehouse-Style S…95/1004. Mild Bbq Sauce: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Mild Bbq Sauce95/1005. Bbq sauce: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Bbq sauce95/100
High-band neighbours for Tomato Soup With Meatballs & Penne (95/100) outside Progresso.
Chart values as text

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

Tomato Soup With Meatballs & Penne
95/100
Beef Birria Ramen Noodles
95/100
Hearty Smokehouse-Style Steak & Potatoes with Roasted Vegetables Soup
95/100
Mild Bbq Sauce
95/100
Bbq sauce
95/100

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. Tomato Soup With Meatballs & Penne scores 1.4 points above that category average (95/100 vs. 93.6/100), so it is roughly typical for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Canned foods products

Tomato Soup With Meatballs & Penne lists 48 ingredients on its label

48 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% of the 2,784 products we track

0–2: 2 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 58 products (2%). Below this entry. 4–6: 123 products (4%). Below this entry. 6–8: 148 products (5%). Below this entry. 8–10: 226 products (8%). Below this entry. 10–12: 301 products (11%). Below this entry. 12–14: 233 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 246 products (9%). Below this entry. 16–18: 182 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 165 products (6%). Below this entry. 20–22: 133 products (5%). Below this entry. 22–24: 133 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 123 products (4%). Below this entry. 26–28: 116 products (4%). Below this entry. 28–30: 124 products (4%). Below this entry. 30–32: 78 products (3%). Below this entry. 32–34: 95 products (3%). Below this entry. 34–36: 65 products (2%). Below this entry. 36–38: 49 products (2%). Below this entry. 38–40: 61 products (2%). Below this entry. 40–42: 123 products (4%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Canned foods 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

2,784 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 48 (99th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
2 products (0%)
2–4
58 products (2%)
4–6
123 products (4%)
6–8
148 products (5%)
8–10
226 products (8%)
10–12
301 products (11%)
12–14
233 products (8%)
14–16
246 products (9%)
16–18
182 products (7%)
18–20
165 products (6%)
20–22
133 products (5%)
22–24
133 products (5%)
24–26
123 products (4%)
26–28
116 products (4%)
28–30
124 products (4%)
30–32
78 products (3%)
32–34
95 products (3%)
34–36
65 products (2%)
36–38
49 products (2%)
38–40
61 products (2%)
40 and above
123 products (4%)

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 2,784 Canned foods 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 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 48 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Organic Tomato Puree
2
Water
3
Tomato Paste
4
Tomatoes
5
Cooked Meatballs
6
Pork
7
Beef
8
Eggs
9
Textured Soy Protein
10
Soy Protein Concentrate
11
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
12
Romano Cheese
13
Made From Sheep's Milk
14
Cultures
15
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
16
Enzymes
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
Corn Syrup
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back GRAS
22
Onion
23
Spice
24
Sodium Phosphate
25
Garlic Powder
26
Dehydrated Parsley
27
Onion Powder
28
Natural Flavor
29
Cream
30
Celery
31
Dried Red Bell Peppers
32
Penne Rigate Pasta
33
Semolina Wheat
34
Egg Whites
35
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
36
Wheat Flour Bleached
37
Modified Food Starch
38
Yeast Extract
39
Sour Cream
40
Nonfat Milk
41
Roasted Garlic
42
Cultured Whey Protein Concentrate
43
Sweetened Condensed Milk
44
Nonfat Dry Milk
45
Whey Protein Concentrate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
46
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
47
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
48
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

Full Ingredient List

Tomato Puree (Water, Tomato Paste), Water, Tomatoes, Cooked Meatballs (Pork, Beef, Water, Eggs, Textured Soy Protein [Soy Protein Concentrate, Caramel Color], Romano Cheese [Made From Sheep'S Milk, Cultures, Salt, Enzymes], Bread Crumbs [Bleached Wheat Flour, Dextrose, Salt, Yeast], Corn Syrup, Onion, Soy Protein Concentrate, Salt, Spice, Sodium Phosphate, Garlic Powder, Dried Parsley, Onion Powder, Natural Flavor), Cream, Celery, Red Bell Peppers, Penne Rigate Pasta (Semolina Wheat, Dried Egg Whites). Contains Less Than 2% Of: Sugar, Spice, Wheat Flour Bleached, Modified Food Starch, Salt, Yeast Extract, Sour Cream (Cream, Nonfat Milk, Cultures), Dried Roasted Garlic, Cultured Whey Protein Concentrate, Sweetened Condensed Milk, Nonfat Dry Milk, Whey Protein Concentrate, Maltodextrin, Citric Acid, Calcium Chloride, Natural Flavor.

Categories

Canned foods Meals Soups Canned meals Canned soups

High-score cross-brand comparables for Tomato Soup With Meatballs & Penne

Neighbours outside Progresso with screening scores in the same high band as Tomato Soup With Meatballs & Penne (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Progresso; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Tomato Soup With Meatballs & Penne's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 48-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Tomato Soup With Meatballs & Penne'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 0041196474756: 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.