Concern

RIP-N-DIP PEPPERONI

by Carando

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0076033101960 · Carando. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0076033101960 · Serving size 1 1 Rip N Dip, plus sauce cup (241 g)

The verdict

RIP-N-DIP PEPPERONI by Carando scores 55/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 41 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 41-component record, beginning with Enriched Wheat Flour, Water, Mozzarella Cheese. 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 41 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0076033101960
Barcode (UPC/EAN)

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

N/A

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.

33101960 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

RIP-N-DIP PEPPERONI label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 55/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 41 ing. REG-PART 34% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 6% LEAD-FLAG BHA PHOTO-FINISH Guy fieri, pasta · ±0 BOOK-OFF …101960 · July 2026

14 of 41 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: BHA). Source sheet 33101960 · 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: Guy fieri, pasta sauce, pepperoni marinara · Nearest score peer is Guy fieri, pasta sauce, pepperoni marinara 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.

No Nutri-Score grade is present for this record in the OpenFoodFacts snapshot this page is built from. The nutritional dimension is absent rather than assessed and withheld: the grade depends on a complete declared nutrition panel, and community-contributed records vary in how much of that panel they carry. Nothing about the missing grade implies anything either way about the panel itself. The screen below covers additive ratings only and does not depend on the nutrition figures.

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. RIP-N-DIP PEPPERONI: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. RIP-N-DIP PEPPERONI55/1002. Guy fieri, pasta sauce, pepperoni marinara: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Guy fieri, pasta sauce, p…55/1003. Guy fieri, green pepper pepperoni pasta sauce: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Guy fieri, green pepper p…55/1004. Recipe Style Premium Sausage: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Recipe Style Premium Saus…55/1005. Swaggerty's farm, premium sausage links: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Swaggerty's farm, premium…55/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for RIP-N-DIP PEPPERONI (55/100 on 41 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

RIP-N-DIP PEPPERONI
55/100
Guy fieri, pasta sauce, pepperoni marinara
55/100
Guy fieri, green pepper pepperoni pasta sauce
55/100
Recipe Style Premium Sausage
55/100
Swaggerty's farm, premium sausage links
55/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

RIP-N-DIP PEPPERONI lists 41 ingredients on its label

41 94th percentile a longer ingredient list than 94% of the 359,392 products we track

0–2: 6,050 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 24,522 products (7%). Below this entry. 4–6: 31,054 products (9%). Below this entry. 6–8: 30,981 products (9%). Below this entry. 8–10: 31,618 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 29,943 products (8%). Below this entry. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published 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

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 41 (94th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
6,050 products (2%)
2–4
24,522 products (7%)
4–6
31,054 products (9%)
6–8
30,981 products (9%)
8–10
31,618 products (9%)
10–12
29,943 products (8%)
12–14
28,403 products (8%)
14–16
27,417 products (8%)
16–18
24,508 products (7%)
18–20
19,062 products (5%)
20–22
14,679 products (4%)
22–24
12,238 products (3%)
24–26
10,830 products (3%)
26–28
9,344 products (3%)
28–30
7,955 products (2%)
30–32
6,753 products (2%)
32–34
5,918 products (2%)
34–36
5,282 products (1%)
36–38
4,531 products (1%)
38–40
4,063 products (1%)
40 and above
24,241 products (7%)

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. No category with enough published products was available for this record, so the comparison runs against the whole published catalogue.

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 41 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Enriched Wheat Flour
2
Water
3
Mozzarella Cheese
4
Pepperoni
5
Pork
6
Beef
7
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
8
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
9
Spices
10
Lactic Acid Starter Culture
11
Oleoresin Of Paprika
12
Garlic Powder
13
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
14
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
15
BHA
Avoid GRAS
16
BHT
Caution GRAS
17
Natural Smoke Flavor
18
Tomato Paste
19
Yeast
20
Soybean Oil
21
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
22
Corn Starch
23
Mono And Diglycerides
24
Sodium stearoyl lactylate
Other
Safe
25
Calcium Propionate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT
Safe GRAS
26
Preservative
27
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
28
Sodium Benzoate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FUMIGANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
29
Sodium Propionate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
30
Natural Flavor
31
Paprika Extract
32
Color
33
Onion Powder
34
Spice
35
Corn Meal
36
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
37
Vitamin C
38
Enzymes
39
Annatto Extract
40
Beta Carotene
41
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS

Full Ingredient List

enriched wheat flour, water, mozzarella cheese, pepperoni (pork, beef, salt, contains 2% or less of: dextrose, spices, lactic acid starter culture, oleoresin of paprika, garlic powder, sodium nitrite, citric acid, BHA, BHT, natural smoke flavor), tomato paste, contains 2% or less of: yeast, soybean oil, sugar, salt, modified corn starch, mono and diglycerides, sodium stearoyl lactylate, calcium propionate (preservative), maltodextrin, sodium benzoate (preservative), sodium propionate (preservative), citric acid, natural flavor, paprika extract (color), garlic powder, onion powder, spice, corn meal, ascorbic acid (vitamin C), enzymes, annatto extract (color), beta carotene (color), vitamin A palmitate

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for RIP-N-DIP PEPPERONI

Neighbours outside Carando near RIP-N-DIP PEPPERONI's mid-band score (55/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Carando; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

BHA is the first flagged ingredient selected from RIP-N-DIP PEPPERONI's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 41-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to BHA. Open BHA
  • Compare RIP-N-DIP 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 0076033101960: 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.