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Open Food Facts label for barcode 0041268186952 · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0041268186952 · Serving size 0.125 PIZZA (127 g)

The verdict

Pizza scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 63 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 63-component record, beginning with Enriched Wheat Flour, Flour, Niacin. 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 63 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.

68186952 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Pizza label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 63 ing. REG-SPARSE 25% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 6% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …186952 · July 2026

16 of 63 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 68186952 · 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

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.

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.

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. Pizza 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 Meals products

Pizza lists 63 ingredients on its label

63 94th percentile a longer ingredient list than 94% of the 11,283 products we track

0–2: 12 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 83 products (1%). Below this entry. 4–6: 127 products (1%). Below this entry. 6–8: 209 products (2%). Below this entry. 8–10: 312 products (3%). Below this entry. 10–12: 315 products (3%). Below this entry. 12–14: 412 products (4%). Below this entry. 14–16: 477 products (4%). Below this entry. 16–18: 542 products (5%). Below this entry. 18–20: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 545 products (5%). Below this entry. 22–24: 550 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 26–28: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 28–30: 574 products (5%). Below this entry. 30–32: 517 products (5%). Below this entry. 32–34: 466 products (4%). Below this entry. 34–36: 451 products (4%). Below this entry. 36–38: 443 products (4%). Below this entry. 38–40: 388 products (3%). Below this entry. 40–42: 3,204 products (28%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Meals product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

11,283 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 63 (94th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
12 products (0%)
2–4
83 products (1%)
4–6
127 products (1%)
6–8
209 products (2%)
8–10
312 products (3%)
10–12
315 products (3%)
12–14
412 products (4%)
14–16
477 products (4%)
16–18
542 products (5%)
18–20
552 products (5%)
20–22
545 products (5%)
22–24
550 products (5%)
24–26
552 products (5%)
26–28
552 products (5%)
28–30
574 products (5%)
30–32
517 products (5%)
32–34
466 products (4%)
34–36
451 products (4%)
36–38
443 products (4%)
38–40
388 products (3%)
40 and above
3,204 products (28%)

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 11,283 Meals 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 63 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Enriched Wheat Flour
2
Flour
3
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
4
Iron
5
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
6
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
7
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
8
Enzyme
9
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
10
Water
11
Soybean Oil
12
Yeast
13
Bread Crumbs
14
Wheat Flour
15
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
16
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
17
Olive Oil
18
Cultured Wheat Starch
19
Honey
20
Sodium Bicarbonate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
21
Sodium Aluminum Phosphate
22
L-cysteine
DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
23
Cheeses
24
Low Moisture Part-skim Mozzarella Cheese
25
Pasteurized Part-skim Milk
26
Cheese Cultures
27
Enzymes
28
Cheddar Cheese
29
Pasteurized Milk
30
Cheese Culture
31
Annatto
Coloring
Certain People Should Avoid
32
Ranch Sauce
33
Seasoning Blend
34
Nonfat Dry Milk
35
Ranch Seasoning
36
Onion
37
Disodium Inosinate And Disodium Guanylate
38
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
39
Dehydrated Parsley
40
Carrageenan
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Caution GRAS
41
Spice
42
Soybean Oil And Less Than 2% Calcium Stearate To Prevent Caking
43
Modified Food Starch
44
Buttermilk Solids
45
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
46
Soy Lecithin
47
Xanthan Gum And Spice
48
Fully Cooked Chicken Breast Meat With Rib Meat
49
Chicken Breast Meat With Rib Meat
50
Chicken Flavor
51
Chicken Broth
52
Chicken Powder
53
Natural Flavor
54
Cornstarch
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
55
Fully Cooked Bacon Topping
56
Cured With Water
57
Sodium Erythorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
Safe GRAS
58
Sodium Ascorbate
ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
GRAS
59
Sodium Nitrite. May Contain Smoke Flavoring
60
Sodium Phosphate
61
Caramelized Onions
62
Onion
63
Onion Flavoring

Full Ingredient List

Crust: enriched wheat flour (flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, enzyme, ascorbic acid), water, soybean oil, yeast, bread crumbs (wheat flour, yeast, sugar, salt), olive oil, sugar, salt, cultured wheat starch, honey, sodium bicarbonate, sodium aluminum phosphate, l-cysteine, citric acid. toppings: cheeses (low moisture part-skim mozzarella cheese [pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes], cheddar cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto {color}]), ranch sauce (water, seasoning blend [nonfat dry milk, ranch seasoning {maltodextrin, salt, dehydrated onion, disodium inosinate and disodium guanylate, dehydrated garlic, parsley, carrageenan, spice, soybean oil and less than 2% calcium stearate to prevent caking}, modified food starch, buttermilk solids, maltodextrin, salt, soy lecithin, xanthan gum and spice], soybean oil), fully cooked chicken breast meat with rib meat (chicken breast meat with rib meat, water, chicken flavor [dehydrated chicken broth, chicken powder, and natural flavor], carrageenan, salt, cornstarch, spice), fully cooked bacon topping (cured with water, salt, sugar, sodium erythorbate, and/or sodium ascorbate, sodium nitrite. may contain natural smoke flavoring, sodium phosphate.), caramelized onions (onion, natural onion flavoring), parsley.

Other products containing Soybean Oil And Less Than 2% Calcium Stearate To Prevent Caking

Soybean Oil And Less Than 2% Calcium Stearate To Prevent Caking is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 6 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

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Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from Pizza's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 63-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare Pizza'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 0041268186952: 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.