Concern

Fat Reduced Pepperoni Pizza

by Tony's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0072180787514 · Tony's · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0072180787514 · Serving size 154 g (154 g)

The verdict

Fat Reduced Pepperoni Pizza by Tony's scores 55/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 66 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 66-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 66 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.

80787514 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Fat Reduced Pepperoni Pizza label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 55/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 66 ing. REG-PART 33% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 5% LEAD-FLAG BHA PHOTO-FINISH Pizza · ±0 BOOK-OFF …787514 · July 2026

22 of 66 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: BHA). Source sheet 80787514 · 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 · Nearest score peer is 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. Fat Reduced Pepperoni Pizza: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Fat Reduced Pepperoni Piz…55/1002. Pizza: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Pizza55/1003. Three Meat Sausage, Pepperoni And Ham Pizza, Three Meat: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Three Meat Sausage, Peppe…55/1004. Pepperoni Made With Pork, Chicken, And Beef Pizza, Pepperoni: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Pepperoni Made With Pork,…55/1005. Taste Of Tony's, Combination Pizza: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Taste Of Tony's, Combinat…55/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Fat Reduced Pepperoni Pizza (55/100 on 66 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Fat Reduced Pepperoni Pizza
55/100
Pizza
55/100
Three Meat Sausage, Pepperoni And Ham Pizza, Three Meat
55/100
Pepperoni Made With Pork, Chicken, And Beef Pizza, Pepperoni
55/100
Taste Of Tony's, Combination Pizza
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. Fat Reduced 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

Fat Reduced Pepperoni Pizza lists 66 ingredients on its label

66 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: 66 (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 55/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 66 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
9
Acid
10
Tomatoes
11
Water
12
Tomato Paste
13
Low Moisture Part Skim Mozzarella Cheese
14
Cultured Pasteurized Part Skim Milk
15
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
16
Enzymes
17
Fat Reduced Pepperoni
18
Pork
19
Beef
20
Textured Vegetable Protein Product
21
Soy Protein Concentrate
22
Zinc Oxide
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
23
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
24
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
25
Copper Gluconate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SYNERGIST
GRAS
26
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
27
Calcium Pantothenate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
28
B1
29
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
30
B6
31
B2
32
Cyanocobalamin
33
B12
34
Less Than 2% Of Spices
35
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
36
Lactic Acid Starter Culture
37
Oleoresin Of Paprika
38
Flavoring
39
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
40
BHA
Avoid GRAS
41
BHT
Caution GRAS
42
Citric Acid. Ingredient Not In Regular Pepperoni
43
Vegetable Shortening
44
Palm Oil
45
Natural Flavor
46
Soy Lecithin
47
Vegetable Oil
48
Soybean
49
Cottonseed
50
Corn
51
Canola Oil
52
Yeast
53
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
54
Modified Food Starch
55
Spice
56
Dough Conditioner
57
Whey
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FORMULATION AID, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
58
Ammonium Sulfate
DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, LEAVENING AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
59
L-cysteine
DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
60
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
61
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
62
Hydrolyzed Soy And Corn Protein
63
Paprika
64
Onion
65
Garlic Powder
66
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

Enriched flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic (acid), tomatoes (water, tomato paste), low moisture part skim mozzarella cheese (cultured pasteurized part skim milk, salt, enzymes), fat reduced pepperoni (pork, beef, water, textured vegetable protein product* [soy protein concentrate, zinc oxide, niacinamide, ferrous sulfate, 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, vegetable shortening (palm oil, natural flavor, soy lecithin), contains 2% or less of: vegetable oil (soybean, cottonseed, corn, and/or canola oil), yeast, sugar, salt, modified food starch, spice, dough conditioner (whey, ammonium sulfate, l-cysteine), maltodextrin, garlic, hydrolyzed soy and corn protein, paprika, onion, garlic powder, ascorbic acid.

Other products containing Citric Acid. Ingredient Not In Regular Pepperoni

Citric Acid. Ingredient Not In Regular Pepperoni 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 Fat Reduced Pepperoni Pizza

Neighbours outside Tony's near Fat Reduced Pepperoni Pizza's mid-band score (55/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Tony's; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

BHA is the first flagged ingredient selected from Fat Reduced Pepperoni Pizza's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 66-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to BHA. Open BHA
  • Compare Fat Reduced 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 0072180787514: 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.