Safe

Traditional italian style wedding with meatballs soup, traditional

by Essential Everyday

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0041303017166 · Essential Everyday · Canned foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0041303017166 · Serving size 1 cup (245 g)

The verdict

Traditional italian style wedding with meatballs soup, traditional by Essential Everyday scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 42 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 42-component record, beginning with Chicken Broth, Meatballs, Beef. 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 42 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
B
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

73/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

B

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.

03017166 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Traditional italian style wedding with meatballs soup, traditional label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 42 ing. REG-SPARSE 26% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-B Nutri-B RANK-SHORT Len top 4% LEAD-RARE Isolated soy protein PHOTO-FINISH Pasta Side Dish · ±0 BOOK-OFF …017166 · July 2026

11 of 42 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Isolated soy protein). Source sheet 03017166 · 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: Pasta Side Dish · Nearest score peer is Pasta Side Dish 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.

The Nutri-Score algorithm returned its second band for this label. That grade typically describes a nutrition panel whose favourable components register clearly in the model without fully offsetting its energy or sodium terms. Because the calculation is a single points balance rather than a set of independent thresholds, a strong fibre or protein figure can lift a panel into this band even where one penalised nutrient sits high. The grade summarises the declared panel alone and carries no information about the additive ratings screened below.

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. Traditional italian style wedding with meatballs soup, traditional: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Traditional italian style…100/1002. Pasta Side Dish: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Pasta Side Dish100/1003. Ice cream color cups: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Ice cream color cups100/1004. Garlic breadsticks, garlic: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Garlic breadsticks, garlic100/1005. Chunk light tuna in water: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Chunk light tuna in water100/100
High-band neighbours for Traditional italian style wedding with meatballs soup, traditional (100/100) outside Essential Everyday.
Chart values as text

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

Traditional italian style wedding with meatballs soup, traditional
100/100
Pasta Side Dish
100/100
Ice cream color cups
100/100
Garlic breadsticks, garlic
100/100
Chunk light tuna in water
100/100

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. Traditional italian style wedding with meatballs soup, traditional scores 6.4 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 93.6/100), so it is a comparatively strong pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Canned foods products

Traditional italian style wedding with meatballs soup, traditional lists 42 ingredients on its label

42 96th percentile a longer ingredient list than 96% 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: 42 (96th 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

1
Chicken Broth
2
Meatballs
3
Beef
4
Water
5
Onion
6
Textured Soy Protein Concentrate
7
Romano Cheese
8
Organic Sheep's Milk
9
Cheese Culture
10
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
11
Rennet
ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
12
Soy Protein Concentrate
13
Cracker Meal
14
Bleached Wheat Flour
15
Corn Syrup Solids
16
Spice
17
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
18
Dehydrated Parsley
19
Pasta Acini De Pepe
20
Semolina
21
Wheat
22
Egg White
23
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
24
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
25
Iron
26
Thiamin Mononitrate
27
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
28
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
29
Carrots
30
Celery
31
Cooked White Chicken Meat
32
Corn Starch
33
Chicken Fat
34
Potassium Chloride
ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
35
Yeast Extract
36
Onion Powder
37
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
38
Isolated soy protein
Other
Safe
39
Natural Flavor
40
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
41
Beta Carotene
42
Color

Full Ingredient List

Chicken broth, meatballs (beef, water, dehydrated onion, textured soy protein concentrate, romano cheese [sheep's milk, cheese culture, salt, rennet], soy protein concentrate, salt, cracker meal [bleached wheat flour], corn syrup solids, spice, dehydrated garlic, dehydrated parsley), pasta acini de pepe (semolina [wheat], egg white, niacin, ferrous sulfate (iron), thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), carrots, celery, cooked white chicken meat, contains less than 2% of corn starch, salt, chicken fat, potassium chloride, yeast extract, onion powder, maltodextrin, isolated soy protein, dehydrated parsley, natural flavor, corn syrup solids, spice, citric acid, beta carotene [color].

Categories

Canned foods Meals Soups Canned meals Canned soups

High-score cross-brand comparables for Traditional italian style wedding with meatballs soup, traditional

Neighbours outside Essential Everyday with screening scores in the same high band as Traditional italian style wedding with meatballs soup, traditional (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Essential Everyday; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Traditional italian style wedding with meatballs soup, traditional has a longer ingredient list than 96% of its Canned foods category comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0041303017166: 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.