Avoid

Pistachio instant pudding & pie filling, pistachio

by Meijer

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0041250691624 · Meijer · Desserts. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0041250691624 · Serving size 1/2 cup (24 g)

The verdict

Pistachio instant pudding & pie filling, pistachio by Meijer scores 35/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 15 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. This is a focused 15-component label led by Sugar, Modified Food Starch, Almonds Roasted In Safflower Oil; compare those leading ingredients with the product's processing and nutrition fields before deciding whether it fits your goal. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

35/100
Avoid safety score
3
Few flagged · of 15 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
E
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

25/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

35/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

E

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.

50691624 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Pistachio instant pudding & pie filling, pistachio label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 35/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-FOCUSED 15 ing. REG-PART 40% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-LONG Len top 68% LEAD-FLAG Titanium Dioxide PHOTO-FINISH Waterful, Water Mix, · ±0 BOOK-OFF …691624 · July 2026

6 of 15 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Titanium Dioxide). Source sheet 50691624 · 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: Waterful, Water Mix, Blissful Berry · Nearest score peer is Waterful, Water Mix, Blissful Berry at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

The composite for this product falls in the lowest of the four bands. That is where labels land when registry-rated components drive the greater part of the deduction from the index. The band name is drawn from the framework's own scale and is distinct from the ratings the registries themselves assign to individual substances, which are shown per component below. A single heavily rated component and several lightly rated ones can produce the same band, so the component table is the more precise reading of the two.

Nutri-Score assigned its lowest band to this label. The algorithm reserves that grade for nutrition panels where the values it penalises sit well above the components it credits. The two systems on this page measure genuinely different things: a product can hold this grade while carrying no additive flagged by the registries screened below, and a product graded well can carry several. Neither reading substitutes for the other, and the per-component table is where the additive picture is set out.

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

1. Pistachio instant pudding & pie filling, pistachio: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Pistachio instant pudding…35/1002. Waterful, Water Mix, Blissful Berry: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Waterful, Water Mix, Blis…35/1003. Waterful, Keurig Kold, Flavored Water, Citrus Celebration: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Waterful, Keurig Kold, Fl…35/1004. Kroger, spearmint candies, starlight mints: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Kroger, spearmint candies…35/1005. fruit and cream oatmeal: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. fruit and cream oatmeal35/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Pistachio instant pudding & pie filling, pistachio (35/100 on 15 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Pistachio instant pudding & pie filling, pistachio
35/100
Waterful, Water Mix, Blissful Berry
35/100
Waterful, Keurig Kold, Flavored Water, Citrus Celebration
35/100
Kroger, spearmint candies, starlight mints
35/100
fruit and cream oatmeal
35/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 18,164 products we've scored in the Desserts category, the average safety score is 89.5/100. Pistachio instant pudding & pie filling, pistachio scores 54.5 points below that category average (35/100 vs. 89.5/100), 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 Desserts products

Pistachio instant pudding & pie filling, pistachio lists 15 ingredients on its label

15 32nd percentile a longer ingredient list than 32% of the 11,156 products we track

0–2: 2 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 14 products (0%). Below this entry. 4–6: 181 products (2%). Below this entry. 6–8: 461 products (4%). Below this entry. 8–10: 573 products (5%). Below this entry. 10–12: 828 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 954 products (9%). Below this entry. 14–16: 1,026 products (9%). This entry sits in this band. 16–18: 970 products (9%). Above this entry. 18–20: 842 products (8%). Above this entry. 20–22: 774 products (7%). Above this entry. 22–24: 666 products (6%). Above this entry. 24–26: 590 products (5%). Above this entry. 26–28: 542 products (5%). Above this entry. 28–30: 439 products (4%). Above this entry. 30–32: 422 products (4%). Above this entry. 32–34: 346 products (3%). Above this entry. 34–36: 312 products (3%). Above this entry. 36–38: 249 products (2%). Above this entry. 38–40: 211 products (2%). Above this entry. 40–42: 754 products (7%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Desserts 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

11,156 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 15 (32nd percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
2 products (0%)
2–4
14 products (0%)
4–6
181 products (2%)
6–8
461 products (4%)
8–10
573 products (5%)
10–12
828 products (7%)
12–14
954 products (9%)
14–16
1,026 products (9%)
16–18
970 products (9%)
18–20
842 products (8%)
20–22
774 products (7%)
22–24
666 products (6%)
24–26
590 products (5%)
26–28
542 products (5%)
28–30
439 products (4%)
30–32
422 products (4%)
32–34
346 products (3%)
34–36
312 products (3%)
36–38
249 products (2%)
38–40
211 products (2%)
40 and above
754 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. The comparison here runs against the 11,156 Desserts products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.

Full Ingredient List

Sugar, modified food starch, almonds roasted in safflower oil, contains 2% or less of disodium phosphate, tetrasodium pyrophosphate, pistachios roasted in safflower oil, salt, mono - and diglycerides (contains propyl gallate and citric acid as antioxidants), maltodextrin, titanium dioxide (for color), artificial flavoring, yellow 5, blue 1.

Categories

Desserts

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Pistachio instant pudding & pie filling, pistachio

Neighbours outside Meijer in the same lower screening band as Pistachio instant pudding & pie filling, pistachio (35/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Meijer; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Titanium Dioxide is the first flagged ingredient selected from Pistachio instant pudding & pie filling, pistachio's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 15-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Titanium Dioxide. Open Titanium Dioxide
  • Compare Pistachio instant pudding & pie filling, pistachio'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 0041250691624: 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.