Foods pepperoni four cheese calzone
by Stefano's
Contains 4 flagged ingredients
Foods pepperoni four cheese calzone by Stefano's 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.
What the Data Says About
Foods pepperoni four cheese calzone by Stefano's 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, Foods pepperoni four cheese calzone 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.
Safety Profile at a Glance
| 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 | Not available | OpenFoodFacts |
Composite metric derived from FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine, OpenFoodFacts. See methodology.
Ingredient Safety Analysis
Full Ingredient List
Dough: wheat flour (unbleached) (enriched) (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, soybean oil, dough conditioner (salt, palm oil, dextrose, wheat flour, soy oil, mono and diglycerides, ascorbic acid, l-cysteine), yeast. filling: 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. may also contain paprika, smoke flavoring, sodium ascorbate, and flavoring), provolone cheese (pasteurized milk, cultures, salt, enzymes), part skim mozzarella cheese (pasteurized, part skim milk, cultures, salt, enzymes), ricotta cheese (pasteurized whey, pasteurized milk, vinegar, stabilizer [modified food starch, guar gum, carrageenan], salt), parmesan and romano cheese blend (parmesan cheese [pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes], romano cheese [pasteurized cow's milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes]), soybean oil, black pepper. topping: parmesan and romano cheese blend (parmesan cheese [pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes], romano cheese [pasteurized cow's milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes]), bread crumbs (bleached flour, water, partially hydrogenated vegetable oil [soybean, cottonseed and/or canola], salt, yeast, contains 2% or less of the following: sugar, dextrose), parsley, oregano.
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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