Concern

Pizza Pasta

by Michelina's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0073369060435 · Michelina's · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0073369060435 · Serving size 1 PACKAGE (213 g)

The verdict

Pizza Pasta by Michelina's scores 55/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 63 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 63-component record, beginning with Cooked Enriched Pasta, Water, Semolina. 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 63 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
B
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

50/100

Grade C-

Ingredient Safety

55/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

B

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.

69060435 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Pizza Pasta label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 55/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 63 ing. REG-PART 30% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-B Nutri-B RANK-SHORT Len top 9% LEAD-FLAG BHA PHOTO-FINISH Now mints orange · ±0 BOOK-OFF …060435 · July 2026

19 of 63 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: BHA). Source sheet 69060435 · 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: Now mints orange sugar free mints · Nearest score peer is Now mints orange sugar free mints 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.

The Nutri-Score algorithm returned its second band for this label. That grade typically describes a nutrition panel whose favourable components register clearly in the model without fully offsetting its energy or sodium terms. Because the calculation is a single points balance rather than a set of independent thresholds, a strong fibre or protein figure can lift a panel into this band even where one penalised nutrient sits high. The grade summarises the declared panel alone and carries no information about the additive ratings screened below.

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. Pizza Pasta: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Pizza Pasta55/1002. Now mints orange sugar free mints: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Now mints orange sugar fr…55/1003. Mentos, Chewing Gum: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Mentos, Chewing Gum55/1004. Sugarfree chewing gum: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Sugarfree chewing gum55/1005. Mentos, Pure Sugar Free Gum, Cinnamon: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Mentos, Pure Sugar Free G…55/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Pizza Pasta (55/100 on 63 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Pizza Pasta
55/100
Now mints orange sugar free mints
55/100
Mentos, Chewing Gum
55/100
Sugarfree chewing gum
55/100
Mentos, Pure Sugar Free Gum, Cinnamon
55/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 24,982 products we've scored in the Frozen foods category, the average safety score is 92.9/100. Pizza Pasta scores 37.9 points below that category average (55/100 vs. 92.9/100), 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 Frozen foods products

Pizza Pasta lists 63 ingredients on its label

63 91st percentile a longer ingredient list than 91% of the 7,008 products we track

0–2: 11 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 54 products (1%). Below this entry. 4–6: 54 products (1%). Below this entry. 6–8: 66 products (1%). Below this entry. 8–10: 102 products (1%). Below this entry. 10–12: 112 products (2%). Below this entry. 12–14: 184 products (3%). Below this entry. 14–16: 205 products (3%). Below this entry. 16–18: 245 products (3%). Below this entry. 18–20: 284 products (4%). Below this entry. 20–22: 264 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 298 products (4%). Below this entry. 24–26: 247 products (4%). Below this entry. 26–28: 271 products (4%). Below this entry. 28–30: 284 products (4%). Below this entry. 30–32: 294 products (4%). Below this entry. 32–34: 325 products (5%). Below this entry. 34–36: 319 products (5%). Below this entry. 36–38: 314 products (4%). Below this entry. 38–40: 283 products (4%). Below this entry. 40–42: 2,792 products (40%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Frozen foods 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

7,008 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 63 (91st percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
11 products (0%)
2–4
54 products (1%)
4–6
54 products (1%)
6–8
66 products (1%)
8–10
102 products (1%)
10–12
112 products (2%)
12–14
184 products (3%)
14–16
205 products (3%)
16–18
245 products (3%)
18–20
284 products (4%)
20–22
264 products (4%)
22–24
298 products (4%)
24–26
247 products (4%)
26–28
271 products (4%)
28–30
284 products (4%)
30–32
294 products (4%)
32–34
325 products (5%)
34–36
319 products (5%)
36–38
314 products (4%)
38–40
283 products (4%)
40 and above
2,792 products (40%)

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 7,008 Frozen foods 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 63 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Cooked Enriched Pasta
2
Water
3
Semolina
4
Enriched With Niacin
5
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
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
Diced Tomatoes
10
Tomatoes
11
Tomato Juice
12
Calcium Chloride
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, ENZYME, FIRMING AGENT, FREEZING OR COOLING AGENT, DIRECT CONTACT, FUMIGANT, HUMECTANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING
GRAS
13
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
14
Tomato Paste
15
Low Moisture Part Skim Mozzarella Cheese
16
Cheese
17
Cultured Pasteurized Part Skim Milk
18
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
19
Enzymes
20
Modified Food Starch
21
Less Than 2% Of Onions
22
Pepperoni
23
Pork
24
Beef
25
Spices
26
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
27
Lactic Acid Starter Culture
28
Oleoresin Of Paprika
29
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
30
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
31
BHA
Avoid GRAS
32
BHT
Caution GRAS
33
Citric Acid. May Also Contain Water
34
Flavorings
35
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
36
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
37
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
38
Water And Citric Acid
39
Canola Oil
40
Burgundy Wine
41
Wine
42
Grated Cheese Blend
43
Parmesan
44
Romano And Asiago Cheeses
45
Organic Cultured Cow's Milk
46
Natural Flavor
47
Cellulose
Emulsifier
Safe
48
Flavoring
49
Medium Chain Triglycerides
50
Palm Kernel Oil
51
Cottonseed Oil
52
Sunflower Oil
53
Paprika Oleoresin
54
Granulated Garlic
55
Tomato Powder
56
Tomato Paste
57
Tomato Paste Flavor
58
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
59
Gum Arabic
60
Propylene Glycol
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
61
Corn Starch
62
Onion Powder
63
Xanthan Gum
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Approved

Full Ingredient List

Cooked enriched pasta (water, semolina [enriched with niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid]), water, diced tomatoes (tomatoes, tomato juice, calcium chloride, citric acid), tomato paste, low moisture part skim mozzarella cheese (cheese [cultured pasteurized part skim milk, salt, enzymes], modified food starch), less than 2% of onions, pepperoni (pork, beef, salt, spices, dextrose, lactic acid starter culture, oleoresin of paprika, dehydrated garlic, sodium nitrite, bha, bht, citric acid. may also contain water, flavorings, and sodium ascorbate), sugar, garlic (with water and citric acid), canola oil, burgundy wine (wine, salt), grated cheese blend (parmesan, romano and asiago cheeses [cultured cow's milk, salt, enzymes], natural flavor, cellulose, salt), flavoring (medium chain triglycerides {coconut and/or palm kernel oil}, cottonseed oil, sunflower oil, paprika oleoresin {color}, canola oil), granulated garlic, tomato powder (dehydrated tomato paste), salt, tomato paste flavor (natural flavor, maltodextrin, gum arabic, propylene glycol, corn starch), onion powder, spices, modified food starch, xanthan gum.

Categories

Frozen foods

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Pizza Pasta

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

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

BHA is the first flagged ingredient selected from Pizza Pasta's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 63-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to BHA. Open BHA
  • Compare Pizza Pasta'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 0073369060435: 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.