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Italian style wedding soup with meatballs, italian style

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0075450089523 · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0075450089523 · Serving size 1 cup (245 g)

The verdict

Italian style wedding soup with meatballs, italian style scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 67 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 67-component record, beginning with Water, Meatballs, Beef. 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.

85/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 67 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
C
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

60/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

85/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

C

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.

50089523 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Italian style wedding soup with meatballs, italian style label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 67 ing. REG-SPARSE 22% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 5% LEAD-FLAG TBHQ PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …089523 · July 2026

15 of 67 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: TBHQ). Source sheet 50089523 · 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

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

The composite for this product falls in the second band of the four-tier framework. That band collects labels whose registry-rated components pull the derived score down measurably without dominating it. Position inside a band is not visible from the band name, and two labels sharing it can differ in how many components were rated and how severely. This is a threshold on an index computed here from public data, not a regulatory classification of any kind; the exact cut-offs are published on the methodology page.

Nutri-Score settled on its middle grade here, the band the algorithm produces when the penalty and credit sides of its nutrient ledger come out close to balanced. A mid-scale grade is a statement about the panel as a whole rather than about any single nutrient, and products arrive at it by very different routes: a moderate profile across every term, or high marks on some offset by heavy penalties on others. The grade is computed separately from the ingredient screen below and the two are not comparable measures.

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.

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. Italian style wedding soup with meatballs, italian style scores 8.6 points below that category average (85/100 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

Italian style wedding soup with meatballs, italian style lists 67 ingredients on its label

67 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: 67 (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 85/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 67 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Water
2
Meatballs
3
Beef
4
Pork
5
Eggs
6
Bread Crumbs
7
Unbleached Wheat Flour
8
Romano Cheese
9
Sheep's
10
Cow's Milk
11
Rennet
ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
12
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
13
Cheese Cultures
14
Enzymes
15
Onion
16
Corn Syrup Solids
17
Natural Flavor
18
Sodium Phosphate
19
Dehydrated Parsley
20
Spices
21
Tomatoes
22
Diced Tomatoes
23
Tomato Juice
24
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
25
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
26
Onion
27
Enriched Pasta
28
Durum Wheat Semolina
29
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
30
Iron
31
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
32
Thiamin Mononitrate
33
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
34
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
35
Spinach
36
Food Starch-modified
37
With Erythorbic Acid Added
38
Carrots
39
Celery
40
Liquid Shortening
41
High Oleic Canola Oil
42
Soybean Oil
43
Soybean Oil
44
Soybean Lecithin
45
Natural And Artificial Butter Flavor
46
TBHQ
Preservative
Avoid Approved (preservative, 21 CFR 172.185)
47
Beta Carotene
48
Color
49
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
50
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
51
Hydrolyzed Corn Protein
52
Hydrolyzed Corn Protein With Sunflower Oil Added
53
Carrot Powder
54
Oleoresin Carrot
55
Chicken Fat Flavor
56
Hydrolyzed Corn Gluten
57
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
58
Chicken Fat
59
Natural Flavors
60
Disodium Inosinate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
61
Disodium Guanylate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Approved
62
Turmeric Powder
63
Oleoresin Turmeric
64
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
65
Onion Powder
66
Yeast Extract
67
Black Pepper

Full Ingredient List

Water, meatballs (beef, pork, eggs, bread crumbs [unbleached wheat flour], water, romano cheese [sheep's and/or cow's milk, rennet, salt, cheese cultures, enzymes], dehydrated onion, corn syrup solids, salt, natural flavor, sodium phosphate, parsley, spices), tomatoes (diced tomatoes, tomato juice, citric acid, calcium chloride), onion, enriched pasta (durum wheat semolina, niacin, iron [ferrous sulfate], thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), spinach, food starch-modified (with erythorbic acid added), carrots, celery, liquid shortening (high oleic canola oil, soybean oil, hydrogenated soybean oil, salt, soybean lecithin, natural and artificial butter flavor, tbhq, citric acid, beta carotene [color], vitamin a palmitate), salt, food starch-modified, sugar, hydrolyzed corn protein (hydrolyzed corn protein with sunflower oil added), carrot powder (salt, oleoresin carrot [color]), chicken fat flavor (hydrolyzed corn gluten, salt, maltodextrin, chicken fat, sodium phosphate, spices, sugar, natural flavors, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate), turmeric powder (salt, oleoresin turmeric [color]), dehydrated garlic, onion powder, yeast extract, black pepper.

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Sheep's is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 8 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

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Follow the flagged-label evidence

TBHQ is the first flagged ingredient selected from Italian style wedding soup with meatballs, italian style's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 67-ingredient record.

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  • 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 0075450089523: 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.