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Del pino's, mini o's & meatballs

by Del Pino's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0051933316003 · Del Pino's · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0051933316003 · Serving size 1 cup (252 g)

The verdict

Del pino's, mini o's & meatballs by Del Pino's scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 54 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 54-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.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 54 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

65/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

95/100

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.

33316003 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Del pino's, mini o's & meatballs label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 54 ing. REG-SPARSE 26% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 12% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-FINISH Coburn farms, whole · ±0 BOOK-OFF …316003 · July 2026

14 of 54 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 33316003 · 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: Coburn farms, whole milk ricotta cheese · Nearest score peer is Coburn farms, whole milk ricotta cheese 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. Del pino's, mini o's & meatballs: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Del pino's, mini o's & me…95/1002. Coburn farms, whole milk ricotta cheese: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Coburn farms, whole milk …95/1003. Hot dog chili sauce: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Hot dog chili sauce95/1004. Cocoa diamonds, sweetened rice cereal: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Cocoa diamonds, sweetened…95/1005. Deter's, Caffeine Free Ginger Ale: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Deter's, Caffeine Free Gi…95/100
High-band neighbours for Del pino's, mini o's & meatballs (95/100) outside Del Pino's.
Chart values as text

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

Del pino's, mini o's & meatballs
95/100
Coburn farms, whole milk ricotta cheese
95/100
Hot dog chili sauce
95/100
Cocoa diamonds, sweetened rice cereal
95/100
Deter's, Caffeine Free Ginger Ale
95/100

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. Del pino's, mini o's & meatballs scores 1.4 points above that category average (95/100 vs. 93.6/100), so it is roughly typical for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Meals products

Del pino's, mini o's & meatballs lists 54 ingredients on its label

54 88th percentile a longer ingredient list than 88% 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: 54 (88th 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 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 54 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Water
2
Organic Tomato Puree
3
Tomato Paste
4
Meatballs
5
Beef And Pork
6
Crackermeal
7
Bleached Wheat Flour
8
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
9
Iron
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
Soy Protein Concentrate
14
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
15
Onion
16
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
17
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
18
Hydrolyzed Corn Gluten
19
Soy Protein And Wheat Gluten
20
Spices
21
Flavorings
22
Soybean Oil
23
Enriched Pasta
24
Semolina Wheat Flour
25
Enriched With Iron
26
Dicalcium Phosphate
27
And B Vitamins
28
Vitamin D3
29
Egg White
30
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
31
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
32
Organic Carrot Juice
33
Enzyme Modified Cheese
34
Cheddar Cheese
35
Pasteurized Milk
36
Cultures
37
Enzymes
38
Cream
39
Sodium Phosphate
40
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
41
Carotenal
42
Color
43
Onion Powder
44
Garlic Powder
45
Cheese Flavor
46
Enzyme Modified Parmesan Cheese
47
Sodium Citrate
48
Yeast
49
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
50
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
51
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
52
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
53
Oleoresin Paprika
54
Spice

Full Ingredient List

Water, tomato puree (water, tomato paste), meatballs (beef and pork, crackermeal [bleached wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate {vitamin b1}, riboflavin {vitamin b2}, and folic acid], water, soy protein concentrate, salt, onion, caramel coloring, garlic, hydrolyzed corn gluten, soy protein and wheat gluten, spices, flavorings, soybean oil), enriched pasta (semolina wheat flour [enriched with iron, dicalcium phosphate, b vitamins {niacin, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid}, vitamin d3], egg white), less than 2% of: sugar, sea salt, soybean oil, carrot juice, enzyme modified cheese (cheddar cheese [pasteurized milk, cultures, salt, enzymes], cream, water, salt, sodium phosphate, xanthan gum, carotenal [color]), salt, onion powder, garlic powder, cheese flavor (enzyme modified parmesan cheese [pasteurized milk, cultures, salt, enzymes], water, salt, sodium citrate, xanthan gum), dried yeast, citric acid, maltodextrin, high fructose corn syrup, ascorbic acid, flavorings, oleoresin paprika, spice.

Other products containing Soy Protein And Wheat Gluten

Soy Protein And Wheat Gluten is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 73 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

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High-score cross-brand comparables for Del pino's, mini o's & meatballs

Neighbours outside Del Pino's with screening scores in the same high band as Del pino's, mini o's & meatballs (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Del Pino's; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Del pino's, mini o's & meatballs's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 54-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Del pino's, mini o's & meatballs'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 0051933316003: 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.