Concern

Pizza

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0041303820605 · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0041303820605 · Serving size 0.167 PIZZA (136 g)

The verdict

Pizza scores 65/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 73 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 73-component record, beginning with Crust, Enriched Flour, Wheat Flour. 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.

65/100
Concern safety score
3
Few flagged · of 73 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

45/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

65/100

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.

03820605 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Pizza label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 65/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 73 ing. REG-SPARSE 25% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 3% LEAD-FLAG BHA PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …820605 · July 2026

18 of 73 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: BHA). Source sheet 03820605 · 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

This label lands in the third of four positions on the published scale. What separates that position from its neighbours is arithmetic rather than judgement: identical inputs run through the documented weighting always arrive at the same place. Anyone who works the calculation through by hand, using the methodology write-up together with the itemised ratings further down, will reproduce this number exactly — which is the reason for publishing a computed figure instead of an opinion.

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 28.6 points below that category average (65/100 vs. 93.6/100), 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 Meals products

Pizza lists 73 ingredients on its label

73 97th percentile a longer ingredient list than 97% 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: 73 (97th 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 65/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 73 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Crust
2
Enriched Flour
3
Wheat Flour
4
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
5
Reduced Iron
6
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
7
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
9
Water
10
Bread Crumbs
11
Bleached Wheat Flour
12
Yeast
13
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
14
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
15
Soybean Oil
16
Sugar. Yeast
17
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
18
Organic Non-fat Dry Milk
19
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
20
Sauce
21
Organic Tomato Puree
22
Tomatoes
23
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
24
Seasoning
25
Spices
26
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
27
Modified Food Starch
28
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
29
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
30
Hydrolyzed Corn Protein
31
Paprika
32
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
33
Sodium Benzoate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FUMIGANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
34
Corn Oil
35
Extractives Of Paprika
36
Tomato Paste
37
Romano Cheese
38
Pasteurized Cow's Milk
39
Cheese Culture
40
Enzymes
41
Mozzarella Cheese
42
Cultured Pasteurized Milk
43
Cooked Seasoned Pork And Chicken Pizza Topping
44
Pork
45
Mechanically Separated Chicken
46
Textured Vegetable Protein
47
Soy Protein Concentrate
48
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
49
Spice
50
Sodium Phosphate
51
Corn Starch
52
Natural Flavor. Autolyzed Yeast Extract
53
BHA
Avoid GRAS
54
BHT
Caution GRAS
55
Yeast Extract
56
Disodium Inosinate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
57
Soy Lecithin
58
Cooked Italian Sausage
59
Corn Syrup Solids
60
Lemon Juice Powder
61
Lemon Juice
62
Lemon Oil
63
Flavorings
64
Provolone Cheese
65
Pasteurized Milk
66
Parmesan
67
Romano & Asiago Cheese Blend
68
Pasteurized Organic Part Skim Milk
69
Cow's Milk
70
Cheese Cultures
71
Organic Basil
72
Dehydrated Parsley
73
Oregano

Full Ingredient List

Crust (enriched flour [wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], water, bread crumbs [bleached wheat flour, yeast, sugar, and salt], soybean oil, sugar. yeast, salt, non-fat dry milk, garlic), sauce (tomato puree [tomatoes, salt, citric acid], water, seasoning [spices, dehydrated garlic, modified food starch, maltodextrin, sugar, salt, dextrose, hydrolyzed corn protein, paprika, citric acid, xanthan gum, sodium benzoate {to protect freshness}, corn oil, soybean oil, extractives of paprika], tomato paste, soybean oil, salt, romano cheese [pasteurized cow's milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes]), mozzarella cheese (cultured pasteurized milk, salt, enzymes), cooked seasoned pork and chicken pizza topping (pork, mechanically separated chicken, water, textured vegetable protein [soy protein concentrate, caramel color], spice, salt, sodium phosphate, paprika, modified corn starch, natural flavor. autolyzed yeast extract, bha, bht, citric acid, yeast extract, disodium inosinate, soy lecithin), cooked italian sausage (pork, spices, salt, corn syrup solids, garlic, paprika, lemon juice powder [corn syrup solids, lemon juice, lemon oil]. flavorings), provolone cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), parmesan, romano & asiago cheese blend (pasteurized part skim milk, cow's milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), garlic, basil, parsley, oregano.

Other products containing Cooked Seasoned Pork And Chicken Pizza Topping

Cooked Seasoned Pork And Chicken Pizza Topping is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 5 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Meals Pizzas pies and quiches Pizzas

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

BHA is the first flagged ingredient selected from Pizza's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 73-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to BHA. Open BHA
  • Compare Pizza'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 0041303820605: 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.