Caution

Pasta

by Campbell's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0051000214119 · Campbell's · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0051000214119 · Serving size 6 ONZ (171 g)

The verdict

Pasta by Campbell's scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 46 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 46-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.

85/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 46 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

60/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

85/100

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.

00214119 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Pasta label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 46 ing. REG-PART 33% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 20% LEAD-FLAG Sodium Nitrite PHOTO-FINISH Pomegranate Blueberry Flavored · ±0 BOOK-OFF …214119 · July 2026

15 of 46 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Nitrite). Source sheet 00214119 · 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: Pomegranate Blueberry Flavored Beverage With A 50% Blend Of 6 Vegetable And Fruit Juices From Concentrate With Green Tea Extract, Pomegranate Blueberry · Nearest score peer is Pomegranate Blueberry Flavored Beverage With A 50% Blend Of 6 Vegetable And Fruit Juices From Concentrate With Green Tea Extract, Pomegranate Blueberry 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 second band of the four-tier framework. That band collects labels whose registry-rated components pull the derived score down measurably without dominating it. Position inside a band is not visible from the band name, and two labels sharing it can differ in how many components were rated and how severely. This is a threshold on an index computed here from public data, not a regulatory classification of any kind; the exact cut-offs are published 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. Pasta: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Pasta85/1002. Pomegranate Blueberry Flavored Beverage With A 50% Blend Of 6 Vegetable And Fruit Juices From Concentrate With Green Tea Extract, Pomegranate Blueberry: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Pomegranate Blueberry Fla…85/1003. An Orange And Pineapple Flavored Beverage With A 50% Blend Of 6 Vegetable And Fruit Juices From Concentrate With Green Tea Extract, Orange Pineapple: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. An Orange And Pineapple F…85/1004. Fettuccini In A Creamy Bacon Flavored Parmesan Sauce With Other Natural Flavor: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Fettuccini In A Creamy Ba…85/1005. Roasted Tomato Bisque, Bacon, Parmesan: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Roasted Tomato Bisque, Ba…85/100
High-band neighbours for Pasta (85/100) outside Campbell's.
Chart values as text

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

Pasta
85/100
Pomegranate Blueberry Flavored Beverage With A 50% Blend Of 6 Vegetable And Fruit Juices From Concentrate With Green Tea Extract, Pomegranate Blueberry
85/100
An Orange And Pineapple Flavored Beverage With A 50% Blend Of 6 Vegetable And Fruit Juices From Concentrate With Green Tea Extract, Orange Pineapple
85/100
Fettuccini In A Creamy Bacon Flavored Parmesan Sauce With Other Natural Flavor
85/100
Roasted Tomato Bisque, Bacon, Parmesan
85/100

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. Pasta scores 8.6 points below that category average (85/100 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

Pasta lists 46 ingredients on its label

46 80th percentile a longer ingredient list than 80% 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

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

11,283 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 46 (80th 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 85/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 46 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Water
2
Organic Tomato Puree
3
Tomato Paste
4
Enriched Pasta Product With Added Calcium And Vitamin D
5
Wheat Flour
6
Calcium Phosphate
7
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
9
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
10
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
11
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
12
Vitamin D
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
13
Chicken And Pork Frankfurters Made With Chicken
14
Pork And Beef
15
Mechanically Separated Chicken
16
Pork
17
Corn Syrup
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back GRAS
18
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
19
Beef
20
Modified Food Starch
21
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
22
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
23
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
24
Natural Flavors
25
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
26
Prepared Mustard
27
Distilled Vinegar
28
Mustard Seed
29
Turmeric
30
Paprika
31
Spice
32
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
33
Enzyme Modified Cheddar Cheese
34
Cheddar Cheese
35
Cultured Milk
36
Enzymes
37
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
38
Disodium Phosphate
39
Carrot Juice Concentrate
40
Flavoring
41
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
42
Enzyme Modified Butter
43
Reconstituted Skim Milk
44
Monopotassium Phosphate
45
Paprika Extract
46
Onion Extract

Full Ingredient List

Water, Tomato Puree (Water, Tomato Paste), Enriched Pasta Product With Added Calcium And Vitamin D (Wheat Flour, Calcium Phosphate, Niacin, Ferrous Sulfate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid, Vitamin D)**, Chicken And Pork Frankfurters Made With Chicken, Pork And Beef (Mechanically Separated Chicken, Pork, Water, Corn Syrup, Salt, Beef, Modified Food Starch, Dextrose, Ascorbic Acid, Sodium Nitrite, Natural Flavors), High Fructose Corn Syrup, Modified Food Starch, Contains Less Than 2% Of: Prepared Mustard (Distilled Vinegar, Water, Mustard Seed, Salt, Turmeric, Paprika, Spice, Dehydrated Garlic), Enzyme Modified Cheddar Cheese (Cheddar Cheese [Cultured Milk, Salt, Enzymes, Calcium Chloride], Water, Disodium Phosphate, Enzymes), Salt, Carrot Juice Concentrate, Flavoring, Citric Acid, Enzyme Modified Butter, Reconstituted Skim Milk, Monopotassium Phosphate, Dehydrated Garlic, Paprika Extract, Onion Extract.

Categories

Meals Stews

High-score cross-brand comparables for Pasta

Neighbours outside Campbell's with screening scores in the same high band as Pasta (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Campbell's; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sodium Nitrite is the first flagged ingredient selected from Pasta's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 46-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sodium Nitrite. Open Sodium Nitrite
  • Compare Pasta's 1 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 0051000214119: 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.