Concern

Taste Of Tony's, Pizza, Pepperoni

by The Schwan Food Company

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0072180762108 · The Schwan Food Company · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0072180762108 · Serving size 1 PORTION (201 g)

The verdict

Taste Of Tony's, Pizza, Pepperoni by The Schwan Food Company scores 55/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 69 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 69-component record, beginning with Tomatoes, Water, Tomato Paste. 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 69 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.

80762108 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Taste Of Tony's, Pizza, Pepperoni label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 55/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 69 ing. REG-PART 35% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 4% LEAD-FLAG BHA PHOTO-FINISH Classic crust pizzas · ±0 BOOK-OFF …762108 · July 2026

24 of 69 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: BHA). Source sheet 80762108 · 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: Classic crust pizzas · Nearest score peer is Classic crust pizzas 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. Taste Of Tony's, Pizza, Pepperoni: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Taste Of Tony's, Pizza, P…55/1002. Classic crust pizzas: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Classic crust pizzas55/1003. Classic Crust Pizza: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Classic Crust Pizza55/1004. Pepperoni Made With Pork, Chicken, And Beef Pizza, Pepperoni: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Pepperoni Made With Pork,…55/1005. Three Meat Sausage, Pepperoni And Ham Pizza, Three Meat: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Three Meat Sausage, Peppe…55/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Taste Of Tony's, Pizza, Pepperoni (55/100 on 69 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Taste Of Tony's, Pizza, Pepperoni
55/100
Classic crust pizzas
55/100
Classic Crust Pizza
55/100
Pepperoni Made With Pork, Chicken, And Beef Pizza, Pepperoni
55/100
Three Meat Sausage, Pepperoni And Ham Pizza, Three Meat
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. Taste Of Tony's, Pizza, Pepperoni 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

Taste Of Tony's, Pizza, Pepperoni lists 69 ingredients on its label

69 96th percentile a longer ingredient list than 96% 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: 69 (96th 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 69 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Tomatoes
2
Water
3
Tomato Paste
4
Enriched Flour
5
Wheat Flour
6
Malted Barley Flour
7
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Reduced Iron
9
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
10
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
11
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
12
Imitation Mozzarella
13
Palm Oil
14
Corn Starch
15
Potato Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
16
Rennet Casein
17
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
18
Sodium Citrate
19
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
20
Natural Flavor
21
Sodium Phosphate
22
Beta Carotene
23
Color
24
Sorbic Acid
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
25
As A Preservative
26
Fat Reduced Pepperoni
27
Pork
28
Beef
29
Textured Vegetable Protein Product
30
Soy Protein Concentrate
31
Zinc Oxide
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
32
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
33
Ferrous Silfate
34
Copper Gluconate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SYNERGIST
GRAS
35
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
36
Calcium Pantothenate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
37
B1
38
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
39
B6
40
B2
41
Cyanocobalamin
42
B12
43
Less Than 2% Of Spices
44
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
45
Lactic Acid Starter Culture
46
Oleoresin Of Paprika
47
Flavoring
48
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
49
BHA
Avoid GRAS
50
BHT
Caution GRAS
51
Citric Acid. Ingredient Not In Regular Pepperoni
52
Yeast
53
Vegetable Oil
54
Soybean
55
Canola Oil
56
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
57
Modified Food Starch
58
Spice
59
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
60
Hydrolyzed Soy And Corn Protein
61
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
62
Paprika
63
Wheat Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
64
L-cysteine Hydrochloride
65
Ammonium Sulfate
DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, LEAVENING AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
66
Soy Lecithin
67
Enzymes
68
Wheat
69
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

Full Ingredient List

Tomatoes (water, tomato paste), enriched flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), imitation mozzarella (water, palm oil, modified corn starch, modified potato starch, rennet casein, salt, sodium citrate, lactic acid, natural flavor, sodium phosphate, beta carotene [color], sorbic acid [as a preservative]), fat reduced pepperoni (pork, beef, water, textured vegetable protein product* [soy protein concentrate, zinc oxide, niacinamide, ferrous silfate, copper gluconate, vitamin a palmitate, calcium pantothenate, thiamine mononitrate (b1), pyridoxine hydrochloride (b6), riboflavin (b2), and cyanocobalamin (b12)], salt, less than 2% of spices, dextrose, lactic acid starter culture, oleoresin of paprika, flavoring, sodium nitrite, bha, bht, citric acid. *ingredient not in regular pepperoni), water, contains 2% or less of: yeast, palm oil, vegetable oil (soybean and/or canola oil), sugar, modified food starch, salt, spice, maltodextrin, hydrolyzed soy and corn protein, dried garlic, paprika, wheat starch, l-cysteine hydrochloride, ammonium sulfate, soy lecithin, natural flavor, enzymes (contains wheat), ascorbic acid.

Categories

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Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Taste Of Tony's, Pizza, Pepperoni

Neighbours outside The Schwan Food Company near Taste Of Tony's, Pizza, Pepperoni's mid-band score (55/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within The Schwan Food Company; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

BHA is the first flagged ingredient selected from Taste Of Tony's, Pizza, Pepperoni's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 69-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to BHA. Open BHA
  • Compare Taste Of Tony's, Pizza, Pepperoni'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 0072180762108: 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.