Safe

Spaghettios Meatballs

by Campbell's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0051000025630 · Campbell's · Canned foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0051000025630 · Serving size 1 can 206 g

The verdict

Spaghettios Meatballs by Campbell's scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 45 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 45-component record, beginning with Water, Organic Tomato Puree, Tomato Paste. 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 45 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
C
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

68/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

C

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.

00025630 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Spaghettios Meatballs label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 45 ing. REG-PART 33% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 2% LEAD-RARE Succinic Acid PHOTO-FINISH Italian Sauce Traditional · ±0 BOOK-OFF …025630 · July 2026

15 of 45 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Succinic Acid). Source sheet 00025630 · 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: Italian Sauce Traditional · Nearest score peer is Italian Sauce Traditional 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.

Nutri-Score settled on its middle grade here, the band the algorithm produces when the penalty and credit sides of its nutrient ledger come out close to balanced. A mid-scale grade is a statement about the panel as a whole rather than about any single nutrient, and products arrive at it by very different routes: a moderate profile across every term, or high marks on some offset by heavy penalties on others. The grade is computed separately from the ingredient screen below and the two are not comparable measures.

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. Spaghettios Meatballs: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Spaghettios Meatballs100/1002. Italian Sauce Traditional: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Italian Sauce Traditional100/1003. Traditional: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Traditional100/1004. Rotini & Cheese Creamy Cheese Sauce With 50% Whole Grain Rotini Pasta, Whole Grain: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Rotini & Cheese Creamy Ch…100/1005. Shredded Fat Free Cheddar Cheese: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Shredded Fat Free Cheddar…100/100
High-band neighbours for Spaghettios Meatballs (100/100) outside Campbell's.
Chart values as text

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

Spaghettios Meatballs
100/100
Italian Sauce Traditional
100/100
Traditional
100/100
Rotini & Cheese Creamy Cheese Sauce With 50% Whole Grain Rotini Pasta, Whole Grain
100/100
Shredded Fat Free Cheddar Cheese
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. Spaghettios Meatballs 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

Spaghettios Meatballs lists 45 ingredients on its label

45 98th percentile a longer ingredient list than 98% 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: 45 (98th 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
Water
2
Organic Tomato Puree
3
Tomato Paste
4
Meatballs
5
Bread Crumbs
6
Enriched Wheat Flour
7
Wheat Flour
8
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
9
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
10
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
11
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
12
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
13
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
14
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
15
Yeast
16
Soybean Oil
17
Soy Protein Concentrate
18
Onion
19
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
20
Natural Beef Flavor
21
Dried Beef Stock
22
Flavoring
23
natural flavoring
24
Enriched Macaroni With Calcium And Vitamin D
25
Calcium Phosphate
26
Vitamin D
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
27
Enriched Macaroni
28
Sugar 2%
29
Carrot Juice Concentrate
30
Enzyme Modified Cheddar Cheese
31
Cheddar Cheese
32
Cultured Milk
33
Enzymes
34
Calcium Chloride
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, ENZYME, FIRMING AGENT, FREEZING OR COOLING AGENT, DIRECT CONTACT, FUMIGANT, HUMECTANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING
GRAS
35
Disodium Phosphate
36
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
37
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
38
Vegetable Oil
39
Yeast Extract
40
Enzyme Modified Butter
41
Reconstituted Skim Milk
42
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
43
Malic Acid
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SYNERGIST
Safe GRAS
44
Onion Extract
45
Succinic Acid
FLAVOR ENHANCER, PH CONTROL AGENT
GRAS

Full Ingredient List

WATER, TOMATO PUREE (WATER, TOMATO PASTE), MEATBALLS {BEEF AND PORK, WATER, BREAD CRUMBS [ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), DEXTROSE, SALT, YEAST, SOYBEAN OIL], SOY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, SALT, DEHYDRATED ONION, DEHYDRATED GARLIC, BEEF FLAVOR [BEEF STOCK, FLAVORING, SALT], FLAVORING}, ENRICHED MACARONI WITH CALCIUM AND VITAMIN D (WHEAT FLOUR, CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID, VITAMIN D), ENRICHED MACARONI (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SUGAR 2%, CARROT JUICE CONCENTRATE, SALT, ENZYME MODIFIED CHEDDAR CHEESE (CHEDDAR CHEESE [CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES, CALCIUM CHLORIDE], WATER, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, ENZYMES), POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, CITRIC ACID, VEGETABLE OIL, YEAST EXTRACT, ENZYME MODIFIED BUTTER, RECONSTITUTED SKIM MILK, ASCORBIC ACID, FLAVORING, MALIC ACID, ONION EXTRACT, SUCCINIC ACID.

Categories

Canned foods Meats and their products Beef and its products Meals Meat preparations Pasta dishes Beef preparations Canned meals Meat balls Pasta with meat Beef meat balls Beef meat balls with tomato sauce

High-score cross-brand comparables for Spaghettios Meatballs

Neighbours outside Campbell's with screening scores in the same high band as Spaghettios Meatballs (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Campbell's; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Spaghettios Meatballs has a longer ingredient list than 98% 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 0051000025630: 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.