Concern

ORIGINAL THIN SAUSAGE & PEPPERONI PIZZA

by Jack's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0074653640302 · Jack's · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0074653640302 · Serving size 0.333 PIZZA (153 g)

The verdict

ORIGINAL THIN SAUSAGE & PEPPERONI PIZZA by Jack's scores 55/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 49 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 49-component record, beginning with Water, Organic Low-moisture Part-skim Mozzarella Cheese, Part-skim Milk. 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 49 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.

53640302 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

ORIGINAL THIN SAUSAGE & PEPPERONI PIZZA label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 55/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 49 ing. REG-SPARSE 27% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 17% LEAD-FLAG BHA PHOTO-FINISH Premium pasteurized process · ±0 BOOK-OFF …640302 · July 2026

13 of 49 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: BHA). Source sheet 53640302 · 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: Premium pasteurized process cheddar and pepperoni cheese product, cheddar cheese & pepperoni · Nearest score peer is Premium pasteurized process cheddar and pepperoni cheese product, cheddar cheese & 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. ORIGINAL THIN SAUSAGE & PEPPERONI PIZZA: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. ORIGINAL THIN SAUSAGE & P…55/1002. Premium pasteurized process cheddar and pepperoni cheese product, cheddar cheese & pepperoni: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Premium pasteurized proce…55/1003. Thirst Quenching Gum: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Thirst Quenching Gum55/1004. Sugar Free Low Calorie Syrup Strawberry: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Sugar Free Low Calorie Sy…55/1005. Pepperoni Slices: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Pepperoni Slices55/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for ORIGINAL THIN SAUSAGE & PEPPERONI PIZZA (55/100 on 49 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

ORIGINAL THIN SAUSAGE & PEPPERONI PIZZA
55/100
Premium pasteurized process cheddar and pepperoni cheese product, cheddar cheese & pepperoni
55/100
Thirst Quenching Gum
55/100
Sugar Free Low Calorie Syrup Strawberry
55/100
Pepperoni Slices
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. ORIGINAL THIN SAUSAGE & 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

ORIGINAL THIN SAUSAGE & PEPPERONI PIZZA lists 49 ingredients on its label

49 83rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 83% 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: 49 (83rd 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 49 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Water
2
Organic Low-moisture Part-skim Mozzarella Cheese
3
Part-skim Milk
4
Cheese Culture
5
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
6
Enzymes
7
Enriched Wheat And Malted Barley Flour
8
Wheat Flour
9
Malted Barley Flour
10
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
11
Reduced Iron
12
Thiamin Mononitrate
13
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
14
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
15
Tomato Paste
16
Cooked Pizza Topping
17
Pork
18
Mechanically Separated Chicken
19
Textured Soy Protein Concentrate
20
Spices
21
Beef
22
Sodium Phosphate
23
BHA
Avoid GRAS
24
BHT
Caution GRAS
25
Citric Acid. Cooked In Pork Fat
26
Beef Fat Or Vegetable Oil
27
Pepperoni Made With Pork
28
Chicken And Beef
29
Or Less Of Spices
30
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
31
Pork Stock
32
Lactic Acid Starter Culture
33
Oleoresin Of Paprika
34
Flavoring
35
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
36
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
37
Paprika
38
Citric Acid To Help Protect Flavor
39
2% Or Less Of Vegetable Oil
40
Soybean Oil
41
Corn Oil
42
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
43
Cornstarch
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
44
Yeast
45
Spice
46
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
47
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
48
Soy Lecithin
49
L-cysteine Hydrochloride

Full Ingredient List

Water, low-moisture part-skim mozzarella cheese (part-skim milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), enriched wheat and malted barley flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), tomato paste, cooked pizza topping (pork, mechanically separated chicken, water, textured soy protein concentrate, spices, beef, salt, sodium phosphate, bha, bht, citric acid. cooked in pork fat, beef fat or vegetable oil), pepperoni made with pork, chicken and beef (pork, mechanically separated chicken, beef, salt, contains 2% or less of spices, dextrose, pork stock, lactic acid starter culture, oleoresin of paprika, flavoring, sodium nitrite, sodium ascorbate, paprika, processed with natural smoke flavor, bha, bht, citric acid to help protect flavor), 2% or less of vegetable oil (soybean oil and/or corn oil), sugar, salt, modified cornstarch, yeast, spice, dried garlic, citric acid, soy lecithin, l-cysteine hydrochloride.

Other products containing Citric Acid. Cooked In Pork Fat

Citric Acid. Cooked In Pork Fat is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 11 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

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Mid-score cross-brand comparables for ORIGINAL THIN SAUSAGE & PEPPERONI PIZZA

Neighbours outside Jack's near ORIGINAL THIN SAUSAGE & PEPPERONI PIZZA's mid-band score (55/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Jack's; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

BHA is the first flagged ingredient selected from ORIGINAL THIN SAUSAGE & PEPPERONI PIZZA's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 49-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to BHA. Open BHA
  • Compare ORIGINAL THIN SAUSAGE & 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 0074653640302: 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.