Four meat & four cheese pizza sandwiches, garlic buttery crust

50
Concern
Safety Score (out of 100)

Contains 4 flagged ingredients

Four meat & four cheese pizza sandwiches, garlic buttery crust receives a safety score of 50/100 based on ingredient analysis using FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) data and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. The product contains 4 ingredients that have been flagged for potential safety concerns by regulatory or consumer advocacy databases. Product label data is sourced from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative database. See the full ingredient breakdown and safety assessment below.

Barcode
0043695071023
Nutri-Score
d
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed
Serving Size
1 SANDWICH (127 g)

What the Data Says About

Four meat & four cheese pizza sandwiches, garlic buttery crust carries a composite safety score of 50/100, which we classify as "Concern" on our four-tier shelf-label framework. The score is computed by mapping each labeled ingredient against FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) regulatory status and CSPI Chemical Cuisine classifications, then penalizing the overall product for each additive rated as caution-or-worse. Product data originates from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative catalog; safety annotations come from federal regulators and the Center for Science in the Public Interest.

Our scan identified 4 flagged ingredients in this product — components that at least one official source has classified as requiring caution, targeted avoidance, or further evaluation. Flagged ingredients are the items most likely to surface in FDA inspection findings, state-level ingredient bans, or outbreak-related recall notices, so the per-ingredient breakdown below is the most useful lens for anyone screening this product for a specific dietary concern.

On the NOVA processing scale, Four meat & four cheese pizza sandwiches, garlic buttery crust is classified as Group 4 (Ultra-processed). NOVA measures industrial processing intensity rather than ingredient-level safety, so it complements the SAFFA and CSPI ratings: a product can be clean on additive flags but heavily processed, or lightly processed but carry individually flagged ingredients. Combining both lenses gives a fuller picture than either alone. The Nutri-Score grade of D reflects nutritional balance — calories, saturated fat, sugar, sodium versus fiber, protein, and produce content — which again is a distinct dimension from additive safety and worth weighing alongside the scores above.

Safety Profile at a Glance

Composite safety metrics for Four meat & four cheese pizza sandwiches, garlic buttery crust
Metric Value Source
PlainFoodSafe Score 50/100 FDA SAFFA + CSPI composite
Flagged ingredients 4 CSPI/FDA review
NOVA processing group Group 4 OpenFoodFacts
Nutri-Score D OpenFoodFacts

Composite metric derived from FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine, OpenFoodFacts. See methodology.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

1
Enriched Flour
2
Wheat Flour
3
Malted Barley Flour
4
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
5
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
Reduced Fat Mozzarella Cheese
11
Pasteurized Organic Part Skim Milk
12
Nonfat Milk
13
Modified Food Starch*
14
Cultures
15
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
16
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
17
Enzymes
18
Ingredients Not In Regular Mozzarella Cheese
19
Tomato Paste
20
Cooked Italian Sausage
21
Pork
22
Spices
23
Less Than 2% Of Organic Dextrose
24
Paprika
25
Garlic Powder
26
Yeast Extract
27
Flavorings
28
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
29
Sodium Tripolyphosphate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, HUMECTANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
30
Pepperoni
31
Beef
32
Or Less Of Water
33
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
34
Lactic Acid Starter Culture
35
Oleoresin Of Paprika
36
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
37
BHA
Avoid GRAS
38
BHT
Caution GRAS
39
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
40
To Protect Flavor
41
Soybean Oil
42
Imitation Cheddar Cheese
43
Modified Food Starch
44
Casein
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
45
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
46
Or Less Of Salt
47
Sodium Aluminum Phosphate
48
Sodium Phosphate
49
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
50
Sodium Citrate
51
Natural Flavor
52
Annatto
Coloring
Certain People Should Avoid
53
Color
54
Canadian Style Bacon Water Added Made With Pork Sirloin Hips
55
Chopped And Formed
56
Smoke Flavor Added
57
Cured With Water
58
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
59
Natural Smoke Flavor
60
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
61
Cheddar Cheese
62
Cultured Pasteurized Milk
63
Cooked Beef Pattie Crumbles
64
Beef Hamburger
65
Textured Vegetable Protein
66
Soy Flour
67
Caramel Coloring
Caution Approved (color additive, GRAS)
68
Soy Protein Concentrate
69
Less Than 2% Of The Following: Salt
70
Spice
71
Natural Flavors
72
Onion Powder
73
2% Or Less Of Reduced Fat Provolone Cheese
74
Pasteurized Part-skim Milk
75
Natural Flavors*
76
Ingredients Not In Regular Provolone Cheese
77
Seasoning
78
Bread Crumb
79
Bleached Wheat Flour
80
Yeast
81
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
82
Tomato Powder
83
Onion
84
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
85
Fractionated Palm Oil
86
Dough Conditioner Blend
87
Calcium Sulfate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
88
L-cysteine Hydrochloride
89
Tricalcium Phosphate
90
Parmesan Cheese
91
Milk
92
Cheese Cultures
93
Soy Lecithin
94
Sodium stearoyl lactylate
Other
Safe
95
Methylcellulose
96
Organic Onions
97
Natural Flavor
98
Corn Starch
99
Datem
Emulsifier
Safe
100
Medium Chain Triglycerides
101
Natural Butter Flavor
102
Egg White

Full Ingredient List

Enriched flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, reduced fat mozzarella cheese (pasteurized part skim milk, nonfat milk, modified food starch*, cultures, salt, vitamin a palmitate, enzymes, *ingredients not in regular mozzarella cheese), tomato paste, cooked italian sausage (pork, spices, water, salt, less than 2% of dextrose, paprika, garlic powder, yeast extract, natural flavorings, potassium chloride, sodium tripolyphosphate), pepperoni (pork, beef, salt, contains 2% or less of water, dextrose, spices, lactic acid starter culture, oleoresin of paprika, garlic powder, sodium nitrite, bha, bht, citric acid [to protect flavor]), soybean oil, imitation cheddar cheese (water, modified food starch, casein, soybean oil, whey, contains 2% or less of salt, sodium aluminum phosphate, sodium phosphate, lactic acid, sodium citrate, natural flavor, annatto [color]), canadian style bacon water added made with pork sirloin hips, chopped and formed, smoke flavor added (cured with water, salt, sugar, sodium phosphate, natural smoke flavor, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite), cheddar cheese (cultured pasteurized milk, salt, enzymes, annatto [color]), cooked beef pattie crumbles (beef hamburger, water, textured vegetable protein [soy flour, caramel color], soy protein concentrate, less than 2% of the following: salt, spice, natural flavors, dextrose, yeast extract, onion powder, potassium chloride, sodium tripolyphosphate), 2% or less of reduced fat provolone cheese ([pasteurized part-skim milk, nonfat milk, cultures, salt, modified food starch*, vitamin a palmitate, enzymes], flavors*, *ingredients not in regular provolone cheese), sugar, seasoning (bread crumb [bleached wheat flour, dextrose, yeast, salt], dried garlic, tomato powder, spice, salt, dextrose, dried onion, maltodextrin, citric acid, natural flavor), modified food starch, fractionated palm oil, yeast, dough conditioner blend (calcium sulfate, salt, l-cysteine hydrochloride, garlic powder, tricalcium phosphate, enzymes), salt, dried garlic, parmesan cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), spice, soy lecithin, sodium stearoyl lactylate, methylcellulose, dried onions, flavor (maltodextrin, modified corn starch, natural flavors, datem, medium chain triglycerides), natural butter flavor, whey, potassium chloride, soy flour, egg white.

Categories

Frozen foods

Data Sources

Data as of 2025. Source: OpenFoodFacts, FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine.

Product data from OpenFoodFacts (ODbL). Ingredient safety ratings from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine. See our methodology for details.

This information is for reference only and does not constitute dietary or medical advice.

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