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Cheese Pizza

by Cheese Balls

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0041780351562 · Cheese Balls. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0041780351562 · Serving size 1 portion (28 g)

The verdict

Cheese Pizza by Cheese Balls scores 20/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 36 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 4 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 36-component record, beginning with Corn Meal, Vegetable Oil, Cottonseed Oil. 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.

20/100
Avoid safety score
4
Many flagged · of 36 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0041780351562
Barcode (UPC/EAN)

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

17/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

20/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

N/A

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.

80351562 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Cheese Pizza label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 20/100 FLAG-MANY 4 flagged LEN-DENSE 36 ing. REG-PART 33% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 9% LEAD-FLAG Yellow 6 PHOTO-FINISH Punch from concentrate · ±0 BOOK-OFF …351562 · July 2026

12 of 36 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Yellow 6). Source sheet 80351562 · 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: Punch from concentrate · Nearest score peer is Punch from concentrate 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.

No Nutri-Score grade is present for this record in the OpenFoodFacts snapshot this page is built from. The nutritional dimension is absent rather than assessed and withheld: the grade depends on a complete declared nutrition panel, and community-contributed records vary in how much of that panel they carry. Nothing about the missing grade implies anything either way about the panel itself. The screen below covers additive ratings only and does not depend on the nutrition figures.

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. Cheese Pizza: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Cheese Pizza20/1002. Punch from concentrate: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Punch from concentrate20/1003. Mazola, tomato bouillon, chicken: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Mazola, tomato bouillon, …20/1004. ST. PATRICK MINI FROSTED SUGAR COOKIES: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. ST. PATRICK MINI FROSTED …20/1005. Whey Protein Blueberry Muffin: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Whey Protein Blueberry Mu…20/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Cheese Pizza (20/100 on 36 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Cheese Pizza
20/100
Punch from concentrate
20/100
Mazola, tomato bouillon, chicken
20/100
ST. PATRICK MINI FROSTED SUGAR COOKIES
20/100
Whey Protein Blueberry Muffin
20/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Cheese Pizza lists 36 ingredients on its label

36 91st percentile a longer ingredient list than 91% of the 359,392 products we track

0–2: 6,050 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 24,522 products (7%). Below this entry. 4–6: 31,054 products (9%). Below this entry. 6–8: 30,981 products (9%). Below this entry. 8–10: 31,618 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 29,943 products (8%). Below this entry. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). This entry sits in this band. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published 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

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 36 (91st percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
6,050 products (2%)
2–4
24,522 products (7%)
4–6
31,054 products (9%)
6–8
30,981 products (9%)
8–10
31,618 products (9%)
10–12
29,943 products (8%)
12–14
28,403 products (8%)
14–16
27,417 products (8%)
16–18
24,508 products (7%)
18–20
19,062 products (5%)
20–22
14,679 products (4%)
22–24
12,238 products (3%)
24–26
10,830 products (3%)
26–28
9,344 products (3%)
28–30
7,955 products (2%)
30–32
6,753 products (2%)
32–34
5,918 products (2%)
34–36
5,282 products (1%)
36–38
4,531 products (1%)
38–40
4,063 products (1%)
40 and above
24,241 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. No category with enough published products was available for this record, so the comparison runs against the whole published catalogue.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 20/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (4 flagged of 36 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Corn Meal
2
Vegetable Oil
3
Cottonseed Oil
4
Corn Oil
5
Canola Oil
6
Sunflower Oil
7
Safflower Oil
8
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
9
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
10
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
11
Msg
12
Tomato Powder
13
Whey Solids
14
Cheddar Cheese
15
Pasteurized Milk
16
Cheese Culture
17
Enzymes
18
Spices
19
Natural Flavors
20
Honey Powder
21
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
22
Honey
23
Onion Powder
24
Garlic Powder
25
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
26
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
27
Paprika Extract
28
For Color
29
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
30
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
31
Whey
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FORMULATION AID, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
32
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
33
Disodium Guanylate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Approved
34
Malic Acid
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SYNERGIST
Safe GRAS
35
Lactic Acid Powder
36
Sodium Phosphate

Full Ingredient List

corn meal, vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: cottonseed oil, corn oil, canola oil, sunflower oil and/or safflower oil), sugar, salt, dextrose, monosodium glutamate, tomato powder, whey solids, cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), spices, natural flavors, honey powder (maltodextrin, honey), onion powder, garlic powder, red 40 lake, caramel color, paprika extract (for color), yellow 5, yellow 6, whey, citric acid, disodium guanylate, malic acid, lactic acid powder, sodium phosphate. contains milk made in a peanut and tree nut free facility. find utz on social media @utzsnacks scan here for more food information or call 1-855-850-2065.

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Cheese Pizza

Neighbours outside Cheese Balls in the same lower screening band as Cheese Pizza (20/100). No other Cheese Balls products are linked from this barcode; these peers compare across brands only.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Yellow 6 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Cheese Pizza's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 36-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Yellow 6. Open Yellow 6
  • Compare Cheese Pizza's 4 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 0041780351562: 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.