Concern

Brick Oven Pepperoni Pizza

by Red Baron

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0072180638113 · Red Baron · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0072180638113 · Serving size 0.25 pizza (127 g)

The verdict

Brick Oven Pepperoni Pizza by Red Baron scores 55/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 55 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 55-component record, beginning with Enriched Flour, Wheat Flour, Malted Barley 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 55 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
E
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

35/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

55/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

E

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.

80638113 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Brick Oven Pepperoni Pizza label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 55/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 55 ing. REG-PART 35% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 11% LEAD-FLAG BHA PHOTO-FINISH Artisan Crust Pepperoni · ±0 BOOK-OFF …638113 · July 2026

19 of 55 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: BHA). Source sheet 80638113 · 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: Artisan Crust Pepperoni Pizza · Nearest score peer is Artisan Crust Pepperoni Pizza 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.

Nutri-Score assigned its lowest band to this label. The algorithm reserves that grade for nutrition panels where the values it penalises sit well above the components it credits. The two systems on this page measure genuinely different things: a product can hold this grade while carrying no additive flagged by the registries screened below, and a product graded well can carry several. Neither reading substitutes for the other, and the per-component table is where the additive picture is set out.

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. Brick Oven Pepperoni Pizza: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Brick Oven Pepperoni Pizza55/1002. Artisan Crust Pepperoni Pizza: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Artisan Crust Pepperoni P…55/1003. Gluten free pepperoni and mozzarella cheese pizza, pepperoni: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Gluten free pepperoni and…55/1004. Pepperoni & Ham With Natural Juices: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Pepperoni & Ham With Natu…55/1005. Sausage & pepperoni pizza, sausage & pepperoni: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Sausage & pepperoni pizza…55/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Brick Oven Pepperoni Pizza (55/100 on 55 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Brick Oven Pepperoni Pizza
55/100
Artisan Crust Pepperoni Pizza
55/100
Gluten free pepperoni and mozzarella cheese pizza, pepperoni
55/100
Pepperoni & Ham With Natural Juices
55/100
Sausage & pepperoni pizza, sausage & pepperoni
55/100

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. Brick Oven Pepperoni Pizza scores 38.6 points below that category average (55/100 vs. 93.6/100), 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 Meals products

Brick Oven Pepperoni Pizza lists 55 ingredients on its label

55 89th percentile a longer ingredient list than 89% 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: 55 (89th 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 55/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 55 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Enriched Flour
2
Wheat Flour
3
Malted Barley Flour
4
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
5
Reduced Iron
6
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
7
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
9
Mozzarella Cheese
10
Part Skim Milk
11
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
12
Enzymes
13
Water
14
Pepperoni
15
Pork
16
Mechanically Separated Chicken
17
Beef
18
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
19
Spices
20
Smoke Flavoring
21
Culture
22
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
23
Flavoring
24
Garlic Powder
25
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
26
BHA
Avoid GRAS
27
BHT
Caution GRAS
28
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
29
Paprika
30
Paprika Oleoresin
31
Nonfat Milk
32
Tomato Paste
33
Vegetable Oil
34
Soybean
35
Canola Oil
36
Yeast
37
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
38
Modified Food Starch
39
Oat fiber
Other
Safe
40
Guar Gum
41
Wheat Gluten
FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
42
Baking Powder
43
Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
44
Baking Soda
45
Monocalcium Phosphate
46
Spice
47
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
48
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
49
Mono - And Diglycerides
50
Hydrolyzed Soy Protein
51
Hydrolyzed Corn Protein
52
Onion
53
Soy Flour
54
Sodium stearoyl lactylate
Other
Safe
55
L-cysteine
DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS

Full Ingredient List

ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), MOZZARELLA CHEESE (PART SKIM _MILK_, SALT, ENZYMES). WATER, PEPPERONI (PORK, MECHANICALLY SEPARATED CHICKEN, BEEF, SALT, WATER, DEXTROSE, SPICES, SMOKE FLAVORING, CULTURE, SODIUM ASCORBATE, FLAVORING, GARLIC POWDER, SODIUM NITRITE, BHA, BHT, CITRIC ACID, PAPRIKA, PAPRIKA OLEORESIN), NONFAT MILK, TOMATO PASTE, VEGETABLE OIL (SOYBEAN, CANOLA OIL), YEAST, SUGAR, SALT, WHEAT FLOUR, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, OAT FIBER, GUAR GUM, WHEAT GLUTEN, BAKING POWDER (SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, BAKING SODA, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE), SPICE, MALTODEXTRIN, DRIED GARLIC, MONO - AND DIGLYCERIDES, HYDROLYZED SOY PROTEIN, HYDROLYZED CORN PROTEIN, PAPRIKA, DRIED ONION, SOY FLOUR, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, L-CYSTEINE, ENZYMES

Categories

Meals Pizzas pies and quiches Pizzas Pepperoni pizzas

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Brick Oven Pepperoni Pizza

Neighbours outside Red Baron near Brick Oven Pepperoni Pizza'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 Brick Oven Pepperoni Pizza's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 55-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to BHA. Open BHA
  • Compare Brick Oven Pepperoni Pizza'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 0072180638113: 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.