Concern

Naturally rising crust meat pizza

by Freschetta

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0072180639691 · Freschetta · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0072180639691 · Serving size 0.167 PIZZA (136 g)

The verdict

Naturally rising crust meat pizza by Freschetta scores 50/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 65 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 4 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 65-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.

50/100
Concern safety score
4
Many flagged · of 65 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

38/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

50/100

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.

80639691 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Naturally rising crust meat pizza label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 50/100 FLAG-MANY 4 flagged LEN-DENSE 65 ing. REG-SPARSE 26% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 5% LEAD-FLAG BHA PHOTO-FINISH Pizza melt pepperoni · ±0 BOOK-OFF …639691 · July 2026

17 of 65 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: BHA). Source sheet 80639691 · 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: Pizza melt pepperoni · Nearest score peer is Pizza melt pepperoni 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. Naturally rising crust meat pizza: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Naturally rising crust me…50/1002. Pizza melt pepperoni: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Pizza melt pepperoni50/1003. Singles french bread pepperoni pizzas count: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Singles french bread pepp…50/1004. Fully Loaded Hand Tossed Meat Lovers Pizza: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Fully Loaded Hand Tossed …50/1005. Flipz, Birthday Cake: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Flipz, Birthday Cake50/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Naturally rising crust meat pizza (50/100 on 65 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Naturally rising crust meat pizza
50/100
Pizza melt pepperoni
50/100
Singles french bread pepperoni pizzas count
50/100
Fully Loaded Hand Tossed Meat Lovers Pizza
50/100
Flipz, Birthday Cake
50/100

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. Naturally rising crust meat pizza scores 43.6 points below that category average (50/100 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

Naturally rising crust meat pizza lists 65 ingredients on its label

65 95th percentile a longer ingredient list than 95% 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

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Distribution as text

11,283 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 65 (95th 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 50/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (4 flagged of 65 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 Thiamine Mononitrate
6
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
7
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
8
Water
9
Low Moisture Part Skim Mozzarella And Parmesan Cheeses
10
Cultured Pasteurized Part Skim Milk
11
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
12
Enzymes
13
Tomato Paste
14
Pepperoni Made With Pork
15
Chicken And Beef
16
Pork
17
Mechanically Separated Chicken
18
Beef
19
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
20
Spices
21
Smoke Flavoring
22
Lactic Acid Starter Culture
23
Sodiumascorbate
24
Flavoring
25
Garlic Powder
26
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
27
BHA
Avoid GRAS
28
BHT
Caution GRAS
29
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
30
Paprika
31
Oleoresin Of Paprika
32
Sausage
33
Salt Dextrose
34
Cooked Beef Patty Crumbles
35
Ground Beef
36
Seasoning
37
Ground Black Pepper
38
Whole Anise
39
Textured Vegetable Protein
40
Soy Flour
41
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
42
Soy Protein Concentrate
43
Yeast
44
Smoked Ham With Natural Juices
45
Cured With Water
46
Sodium Phosphate
47
Sodium Erythorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
Safe GRAS
48
Vegetable Oil
49
Palm
50
Soybean
51
Olive
52
Canola Oil
53
Yellow Cornmeal Sugar
54
Soybean Oil
55
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
56
Datem
Emulsifier
Safe
57
Wheat Gluten
FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
58
Spice
59
Dextrose Guar Gum
60
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
61
Soy Lecithin
62
Natural Flavor
63
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
64
Dough Conditioner
65
Wheat Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS

Full Ingredient List

Enriched flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, low moisture part skim mozzarella and parmesan cheeses (cultured pasteurized part skim milk, salt, enzymes), tomato paste, pepperoni made with pork, chicken and beef (pork, mechanically separated chicken, beef, salt contains 2% or less of: water, dextrose, spices, smoke flavoring, lactic acid starter culture, sodiumascorbate, flavoring, garlic powder, sodium nitrite, bha, bht, citric acid, contains one or more of: paprika, oleoresin of paprika), sausage (pork, water, spices, salt dextrose, garlic powder, paprika), cooked beef patty crumbles (ground beef [beef, seasoning (salt, ground black pepper, whole anise)], water, textured vegetable protein [soy flour, caramel color], soy protein concentrate), yeast, smoked ham with natural juices (cured with water, salt, dextrose, sodium phosphate, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite), contains 2% or less of: vegetable oil (palm, soybean, olive and/or canola oil), yellow cornmeal sugar, salt, hydrogenated soybean oil, sea salt, datem, wheat gluten, spice, dextrose guar gum, dried garlic, soy lecithin, natural flavor, ascorbic acid (dough conditioner), wheat starch, enzymes.

Other products containing Dextrose Guar Gum

Dextrose Guar Gum is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 4 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

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Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Naturally rising crust meat pizza

Neighbours outside Freschetta near Naturally rising crust meat pizza's mid-band score (50/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Freschetta; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

BHA is the first flagged ingredient selected from Naturally rising crust meat pizza's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 65-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to BHA. Open BHA
  • Compare Naturally rising crust meat pizza's 4 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 0072180639691: 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.