Concern

French Bread Singles Pepperoni Pizzas

by Red Baron

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0072180632449 · Red Baron · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0072180632449 · Serving size 1 pizza (153 g)

The verdict

French Bread Singles Pepperoni Pizzas by Red Baron scores 55/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 51 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 51-component record, beginning with French Bread, Enriched Wheat Flour, 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.

55/100
Concern safety score
3
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

40/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

55/100

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.

80632449 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

French Bread Singles Pepperoni Pizzas label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 55/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 51 ing. REG-SPARSE 29% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 20% LEAD-FLAG BHA PHOTO-FINISH Bon Appetit, Thin · ±0 BOOK-OFF …632449 · July 2026

15 of 51 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: BHA). Source sheet 80632449 · 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: Bon Appetit, Thin Crust Pizza, Pepperoni & Pesto · Nearest score peer is Bon Appetit, Thin Crust Pizza, Pepperoni & Pesto at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

This label lands in the third of four positions on the published scale. What separates that position from its neighbours is arithmetic rather than judgement: identical inputs run through the documented weighting always arrive at the same place. Anyone who works the calculation through by hand, using the methodology write-up together with the itemised ratings further down, will reproduce this number exactly — which is the reason for publishing a computed figure instead of an opinion.

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. French Bread Singles Pepperoni Pizzas: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. French Bread Singles Pepp…55/1002. Bon Appetit, Thin Crust Pizza, Pepperoni & Pesto: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Bon Appetit, Thin Crust P…55/1003. Brick oven pepperoni and italian style cheese frozen pizza: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Brick oven pepperoni and …55/1004. Crustoli Pizza: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Crustoli Pizza55/1005. 1/2 Cheese Pizza & 1/2 Pepperoni Pizza: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. 1/2 Cheese Pizza & 1/2 Pe…55/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for French Bread Singles Pepperoni Pizzas (55/100 on 51 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

French Bread Singles Pepperoni Pizzas
55/100
Bon Appetit, Thin Crust Pizza, Pepperoni & Pesto
55/100
Brick oven pepperoni and italian style cheese frozen pizza
55/100
Crustoli Pizza
55/100
1/2 Cheese Pizza & 1/2 Pepperoni Pizza
55/100

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. French Bread Singles Pepperoni Pizzas scores 37.9 points below that category average (55/100 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

French Bread Singles Pepperoni Pizzas 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 55/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 51 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
French Bread
2
Enriched Wheat Flour
3
Flour
4
Malted Barley Flour
5
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
6
Reduced Iron
7
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
9
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
10
Water
11
Soybean Oil
12
Or Less Of Salt
13
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
14
Yeast
15
Dough Conditioner
16
Wheat Flour
17
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
18
Enzymes
19
Soy Lecithin
20
Non Fat Dry Milk
21
Sauce
22
Tomato Paste
23
Seasoning Blend
24
Modified Food Starch
25
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
26
Spice
27
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
28
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
29
Hydrolyzed Soy And Corn Protein
30
Paprika
31
Onion
32
Low Moisture Part Skim Mozzarella Cheese
33
Cultured Pasteurized Part Skim Milk
34
Pepperoni Made With Pork
35
Chicken And Beef
36
Pork
37
Mechanically Separated Chicken
38
Beef
39
Or Less Of Water
40
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
41
Spices
42
Smoke Flavoring
43
Flavoring
44
Lactic Acid Starter Culture
45
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
46
Garlic Powder
47
Oleoresin Of Paprika
48
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
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
BHA
Avoid GRAS
51
BHT
Caution GRAS

Full Ingredient List

French bread (enriched wheat flour [flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], water, soybean oil, contains 2% or less of salt, sugar, yeast, dough conditioner [wheat flour, ascorbic acid, enzymes], soy lecithin, non fat dry milk), sauce (water, tomato paste, seasoning blend [sugar, modified food starch, salt, spice, dried garlic, maltodextrin, hydrolyzed soy and corn protein, paprika, dried onion]), low moisture part skim mozzarella cheese (cultured pasteurized part skim milk, salt, enzymes), pepperoni made with pork, chicken and beef (pork, mechanically separated chicken, beef, salt, contains 2% or less of water, dextrose, spices, smoke flavoring, flavoring, lactic acid starter culture, sodium ascorbate, garlic powder, oleoresin of paprika, sodium nitrite, citric acid, bha, bht).

Categories

Frozen foods Meals Pizzas pies and quiches Pizzas Frozen pizzas and pies Frozen pizzas Pepperoni pizzas Real-cheese

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for French Bread Singles Pepperoni Pizzas

Neighbours outside Red Baron near French Bread Singles Pepperoni Pizzas's mid-band score (55/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Red Baron; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

BHA is the first flagged ingredient selected from French Bread Singles Pepperoni Pizzas'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 BHA. Open BHA
  • Compare French Bread Singles Pepperoni Pizzas's 3 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 0072180632449: 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.