Concern

Stuffed Crust Pepperoni Pizza

by Red Baron

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0072180741707 · Red Baron · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0072180741707

The verdict

Stuffed Crust Pepperoni Pizza by Red Baron scores 55/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 54 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 54-component record, beginning with Enriched Flour, Wheat Flour, Niacin. 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 54 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.

80741707 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Stuffed Crust Pepperoni Pizza label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 55/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 54 ing. REG-SPARSE 28% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 12% LEAD-FLAG BHA PHOTO-FINISH French Bread Pepperoni · ±0 BOOK-OFF …741707 · July 2026

15 of 54 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: BHA). Source sheet 80741707 · 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: French Bread Pepperoni Pizza · Nearest score peer is French Bread 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.

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. Stuffed Crust Pepperoni Pizza: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Stuffed Crust Pepperoni P…55/1002. French Bread Pepperoni Pizza: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. French Bread Pepperoni Pi…55/1003. French bread pizza: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. French bread pizza55/1004. Deep Dish Pizza with turkey and beef pepperoni: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Deep Dish Pizza with turk…55/1005. Taste Of Tony's, Pizza, Pepperoni: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Taste Of Tony's, Pizza, P…55/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Stuffed Crust Pepperoni Pizza (55/100 on 54 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Stuffed Crust Pepperoni Pizza
55/100
French Bread Pepperoni Pizza
55/100
French bread pizza
55/100
Deep Dish Pizza with turkey and beef pepperoni
55/100
Taste Of Tony's, Pizza, 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. Stuffed Crust 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

Stuffed Crust Pepperoni Pizza lists 54 ingredients on its label

54 88th percentile a longer ingredient list than 88% 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: 54 (88th 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 54 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Enriched Flour
2
Wheat Flour
3
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
4
Reduced Iron
5
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
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
Part Skim Milk
11
Cheese Cultures
12
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
13
Enzymes
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
Lactic Acid Starter Culture
21
Flavoring
22
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
23
BHA
Avoid GRAS
24
BHT
Caution GRAS
25
Spices
26
Paprika
27
Oleoresin Of Paprika
28
Spice Extractives
29
Smoke Flavoring
30
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
31
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
32
Dried Beef Stock
33
Restricted Melt Cheese
34
Part Skim Mozzarella Cheese
35
Milk
36
Modified Food Starch
37
Methylcellulose
38
Tomato Paste
39
Vegetable Oil
40
Palm
41
Soybean Oil
42
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
43
Yeast
44
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
45
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
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
Hydrolyzed Soy And Corn Protein
49
Onion
50
Natural Flavor
51
Soy Lecithin
52
Wheat
53
Milk And Soy
54
Bioengineered Food Ingredients

Full Ingredient List

enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, low moisture part skim mozzarella and parmesan cheeses (part skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), pepperoni made with pork, chicken and beef (pork, mechanically separated chicken, beef, salt, contains 2% or less of: dextrose, lactic acid starter culture, flavoring, sodium nitrite, bha, bht, citric acid. may also contain: spices, water, paprika, oleoresin of paprika, spice extractives, smoke flavoring, sodium ascorbate, ascorbic acid, beef stock), restricted melt cheese (part skim mozzarella cheese [milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes], modified food starch, methylcellulose), tomato paste, vegetable oil (palm and/or soybean oil), contains 1% or less of: sugar, yeast, sea salt, salt, dried garlic, spice, maltodextrin, hydrolyzed soy and corn protein, paprika, dried onion, modified food starch, spices, natural flavor, soy lecithin. contains: wheat, milk and soy. contains bioengineered food ingredients

Other products containing Restricted Melt Cheese

Restricted Melt Cheese is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 6 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Meals Pizzas pies and quiches Pizzas Pepperoni pizzas

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Stuffed Crust Pepperoni Pizza

Neighbours outside Red Baron near Stuffed Crust 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 Stuffed Crust Pepperoni Pizza's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 54-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to BHA. Open BHA
  • Compare Stuffed Crust 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 0072180741707: 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.