Caution

Cheese stuffed crust pizza, pepperoni

by Digiorno

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0071921388829 · Digiorno · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0071921388829 · Serving size 0.2 pizza (126 g)

The verdict

Cheese stuffed crust pizza, pepperoni by Digiorno scores 70/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 51 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 51-component record, beginning with Water, Enriched Wheat Flour, Wheat Flour. 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 51 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
D
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

48/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

70/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

D

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.

21388829 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Cheese stuffed crust pizza, pepperoni label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 70/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 51 ing. REG-SPARSE 20% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 20% LEAD-FLAG BHT PHOTO-FINISH Original Crust Pizza · ±0 BOOK-OFF …388829 · July 2026

10 of 51 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: BHT). Source sheet 21388829 · 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: Original Crust Pizza Supreme · Nearest score peer is Original Crust Pizza Supreme 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.

This label falls in the fourth Nutri-Score band. The model arrives there when its penalty terms — energy density, sugars, saturated fat, sodium — carry more weight in the calculation than the fibre, protein and produce content it credits. The band covers a wide span of the points scale, so position within it is not visible from the letter alone. The grade reflects the declared nutrition panel and is unrelated to the additive ratings listed below, which come from different bodies applying different criteria.

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. Cheese stuffed crust pizza, pepperoni: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Cheese stuffed crust pizz…70/1002. Original Crust Pizza Supreme: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Original Crust Pizza Supr…70/1003. Cinch, corn bread mix: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Cinch, corn bread mix70/1004. Mashed Potatoes: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Mashed Potatoes70/1005. Multivitamin: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Multivitamin70/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Cheese stuffed crust pizza, pepperoni (70/100 on 51 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Cheese stuffed crust pizza, pepperoni
70/100
Original Crust Pizza Supreme
70/100
Cinch, corn bread mix
70/100
Mashed Potatoes
70/100
Multivitamin
70/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 24,982 products we've scored in the Frozen foods category, the average safety score is 92.9/100. Cheese stuffed crust pizza, pepperoni scores 22.9 points below that category average (70/100 vs. 92.9/100), 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 Frozen foods products

Cheese stuffed crust pizza, pepperoni lists 51 ingredients on its label

51 80th percentile a longer ingredient list than 80% of the 7,008 products we track

0–2: 11 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 54 products (1%). Below this entry. 4–6: 54 products (1%). Below this entry. 6–8: 66 products (1%). Below this entry. 8–10: 102 products (1%). Below this entry. 10–12: 112 products (2%). Below this entry. 12–14: 184 products (3%). Below this entry. 14–16: 205 products (3%). Below this entry. 16–18: 245 products (3%). Below this entry. 18–20: 284 products (4%). Below this entry. 20–22: 264 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 298 products (4%). Below this entry. 24–26: 247 products (4%). Below this entry. 26–28: 271 products (4%). Below this entry. 28–30: 284 products (4%). Below this entry. 30–32: 294 products (4%). Below this entry. 32–34: 325 products (5%). Below this entry. 34–36: 319 products (5%). Below this entry. 36–38: 314 products (4%). Below this entry. 38–40: 283 products (4%). Below this entry. 40–42: 2,792 products (40%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Frozen foods product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

7,008 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 51 (80th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
11 products (0%)
2–4
54 products (1%)
4–6
54 products (1%)
6–8
66 products (1%)
8–10
102 products (1%)
10–12
112 products (2%)
12–14
184 products (3%)
14–16
205 products (3%)
16–18
245 products (3%)
18–20
284 products (4%)
20–22
264 products (4%)
22–24
298 products (4%)
24–26
247 products (4%)
26–28
271 products (4%)
28–30
284 products (4%)
30–32
294 products (4%)
32–34
325 products (5%)
34–36
319 products (5%)
36–38
314 products (4%)
38–40
283 products (4%)
40 and above
2,792 products (40%)

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 7,008 Frozen 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 51 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Water
2
Enriched Wheat Flour
3
Wheat Flour
4
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
5
Reduced Iron
6
Thiamin Mononitrate
7
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
9
Organic Low-moisture Part-skim Mozzarella Cheese
10
Part-skim Milk
11
Cheese Culture
12
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
13
Enzymes
14
Part-skim Mozzarella Cheese With Modified Food Starch
15
Part-skim Mozzarella Cheese
16
Milk
17
Cheese Cultures
18
Modified Food Starch
19
Methylcellulose
20
Tomato Paste
21
Pepperoni Made With Pork
22
Chicken And Beef
23
Pork
24
Mechanically Separated Chicken
25
Beef
26
Or Less Of Spices
27
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
28
Pork Stock
29
Lactic Acid Starter Culture
30
Oleoresin Of Paprika
31
Flavoring
32
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
33
Sodium Ascorbate
ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
GRAS
34
Paprika
35
BHT
Caution GRAS
36
Citric Acid To Help Protect Flavor
37
2% Or Less Of Yeast
38
Vegetable Oil
39
Soybean Oil
40
Corn Oil
41
Bread Crumbs
42
Bleached Wheat Flour
43
Yeast
44
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
45
Vegetable Oil Shortening
46
Palm Oil
47
Natural Flavor
48
Beta Carotene
49
Color
50
Spices
51
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS

Full Ingredient List

Water, enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), low-moisture part-skim mozzarella cheese (part-skim milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), part-skim mozzarella cheese with modified food starch (part-skim mozzarella cheese [milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes], modified food starch, methylcellulose), tomato paste, pepperoni made with pork, chicken and beef (pork, mechanically separated chicken, beef, salt, contains 2% or less of spices, dextrose, pork stock, lactic acid starter culture, oleoresin of paprika, flavoring, sodium nitrite, sodium ascorbate, paprika, processed with natural smoke flavor. bha, bht, citric acid to help protect flavor), 2% or less of yeast, vegetable oil (soybean oil and/or corn oil), bread crumbs (bleached wheat flour, yeast, sugar, salt), vegetable oil shortening (palm oil, natural flavor, beta carotene [color]), salt, sugar, spices, dried garlic.

Other products containing Part-skim Mozzarella Cheese With Modified Food Starch

Part-skim Mozzarella Cheese With Modified Food Starch is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 20 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

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Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Cheese stuffed crust pizza, pepperoni

Neighbours outside Digiorno near Cheese stuffed crust pizza, pepperoni's mid-band score (70/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Digiorno; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

BHT is the first flagged ingredient selected from Cheese stuffed crust pizza, pepperoni's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 51-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to BHT. Open BHT
  • Compare Cheese stuffed crust pizza, pepperoni'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 0071921388829: 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.