Italian Style Meatballs In Sauce
by Victoria
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0070234016009 · Victoria · Canned foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
Italian Style Meatballs In Sauce by Victoria scores 70/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 44 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 44-component record, beginning with Imported Italian Tomatoes, Cooked Italian Style Meatballs, Beef. 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.
- 70/100
- Caution safety score
- 2
- Few flagged · of 44 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
53/100
Grade C-
Ingredient Safety
70/100
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.
34016009 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Italian Style Meatballs In Sauce label screening desk
12 of 44 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Potassium Bromate). Source sheet 34016009 · 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: Select protein powder · Nearest score peer is Select protein powder 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
How It Compares to Its Category
Among the 13,350 products we've scored in the Meats and their products category, the average safety score is 92.4/100. Italian Style Meatballs In Sauce scores 22.4 points below that category average (70/100 vs. 92.4/100), 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 Canned foods products
Italian Style Meatballs In Sauce lists 44 ingredients on its label
44 97th percentile a longer ingredient list than 97% of the 2,784 products we track
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Distribution as text
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- 40 and above
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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
How the 70/100 score is built
Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 44 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.
Full Ingredient List
Imported italian tomatoes, cooked italian style meatballs (beef, pork, water, bread crumbs (wheat flour, water, salt, yeast, soybean and/or cottonseed oil, ammonium chloride, potassium bromate, calcium propionate), romano cheese (may contain pasteurized cow's milk, culture, salt, enzymes, or pasteurized sheep's milk, lactic acid, salt, rennet), textured vegetable protein (soy protein concentrate, caramel color), eggs, ricotta cheese (whey, skimmed milk, cream, vinegar, xanthan gum, locust bean gum and guar gum (stabilizers)), salt, garlic, parsley, spices, caramel color, brown sugar, and flavorings), olive oil, fresh onions, salt, modified food starch, fresh garlic, fresh basil, citric acid, spices, and sugar.
Other products containing Cooked Italian Style Meatballs
Cooked Italian Style Meatballs is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 16 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.
Categories
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Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Italian Style Meatballs In Sauce
Neighbours outside Victoria near Italian Style Meatballs In Sauce's mid-band score (70/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Victoria; these peers cross brands.
Same mid-band screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (2 flagged of 44 on 0070234016009).
Long-label peers (21+ ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (44 on 0070234016009).
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Potassium Bromate is the first flagged ingredient selected from Italian Style Meatballs In Sauce's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 44-ingredient record.
- Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Potassium Bromate. Open Potassium Bromate
- Compare Italian Style Meatballs In Sauce's 2 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 0070234016009: 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.