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MEATBALLS HOMESTYLE

by Rosina

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0077083407217 · Rosina · Meats and their products. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0077083407217 · Serving size 6 meatballs (85 g)

The verdict

MEATBALLS HOMESTYLE by Rosina scores 90/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 35 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 35-component record, beginning with Beef And Pork, Chicken, Water. 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.

90/100
Safe safety score
2
Few flagged · of 35 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
E
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

53/100

Grade C-

Ingredient Safety

90/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

E

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.

83407217 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

MEATBALLS HOMESTYLE label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 90/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 35 ing. REG-SPARSE 17% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 4% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-FINISH Smoked Salmon Seafood · ±0 BOOK-OFF …407217 · July 2026

6 of 35 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 83407217 · 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: Smoked Salmon Seafood Spread · Nearest score peer is Smoked Salmon Seafood Spread at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

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

Within the four-tier shelf-label framework this site publishes, the composite for this product falls in the highest band. That band is defined by a threshold on the derived score alone: it is where labels land once components carrying caution-or-worse registry ratings contribute little or nothing to the deduction. The band is a summary of what the screened registries return for the components that were parsed, so it inherits their coverage gaps — a component absent from both registries neither raises nor lowers the figure. The threshold and the weighting behind it are set out on the methodology page.

Nutri-Score assigned its lowest band to this label. The algorithm reserves that grade for nutrition panels where the values it penalises sit well above the components it credits. The two systems on this page measure genuinely different things: a product can hold this grade while carrying no additive flagged by the registries screened below, and a product graded well can carry several. Neither reading substitutes for the other, and the per-component table is where the additive picture is set out.

This label parsed into a long component list. Where many entries are screened at once, the composite tends to reflect the overall mix of registry ratings returned rather than the rating of any one entry. Longer declarations also carry more sub-listed and compound entries, where a parenthetical group is resolved into its parts, so the parsed count can exceed what a reader counts on the packaging.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. MEATBALLS HOMESTYLE: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. MEATBALLS HOMESTYLE90/1002. Smoked Salmon Seafood Spread: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Smoked Salmon Seafood Spr…90/1003. Smoked Trout Seafood Dip: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Smoked Trout Seafood Dip90/1004. Green Bean Casserole: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Green Bean Casserole90/1005. Sweetened Whipping Cream: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Sweetened Whipping Cream90/100
High-band neighbours for MEATBALLS HOMESTYLE (90/100) outside Rosina.
Chart values as text

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

MEATBALLS HOMESTYLE
90/100
Smoked Salmon Seafood Spread
90/100
Smoked Trout Seafood Dip
90/100
Green Bean Casserole
90/100
Sweetened Whipping Cream
90/100

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. MEATBALLS HOMESTYLE scores 2.9 points below that category average (90/100 vs. 92.9/100), so it is roughly typical for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Meats and their products products

MEATBALLS HOMESTYLE lists 35 ingredients on its label

35 96th percentile a longer ingredient list than 96% of the 11,159 products we track

0–2: 79 products (1%). Below this entry. 2–4: 430 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 612 products (5%). Below this entry. 6–8: 1,397 products (13%). Below this entry. 8–10: 1,485 products (13%). Below this entry. 10–12: 1,698 products (15%). Below this entry. 12–14: 1,463 products (13%). Below this entry. 14–16: 996 products (9%). Below this entry. 16–18: 734 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 489 products (4%). Below this entry. 20–22: 377 products (3%). Below this entry. 22–24: 277 products (2%). Below this entry. 24–26: 234 products (2%). Below this entry. 26–28: 140 products (1%). Below this entry. 28–30: 145 products (1%). Below this entry. 30–32: 92 products (1%). Below this entry. 32–34: 83 products (1%). Below this entry. 34–36: 66 products (1%). This entry sits in this band. 36–38: 74 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 50 products (0%). Above this entry. 40–42: 238 products (2%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Meats and their products 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

11,159 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 35 (96th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
79 products (1%)
2–4
430 products (4%)
4–6
612 products (5%)
6–8
1,397 products (13%)
8–10
1,485 products (13%)
10–12
1,698 products (15%)
12–14
1,463 products (13%)
14–16
996 products (9%)
16–18
734 products (7%)
18–20
489 products (4%)
20–22
377 products (3%)
22–24
277 products (2%)
24–26
234 products (2%)
26–28
140 products (1%)
28–30
145 products (1%)
30–32
92 products (1%)
32–34
83 products (1%)
34–36
66 products (1%)
36–38
74 products (1%)
38–40
50 products (0%)
40 and above
238 products (2%)

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 11,159 Meats and their products 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 90/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 35 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Beef And Pork
2
Chicken
3
Water
4
Textured Soy Protein Concentrate
5
Soy Protein Concentrate
6
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
7
Egg Whites
8
Romano Cheese
9
Pasteurized Sheep's And Cow's Milk
10
Rennet
ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
11
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
12
Cheese Cultures
13
Enzymes
14
Ricotta Cheese
15
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
16
Whole Milk
17
Cream
18
Dried Vinegar
19
Carrageenan
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Caution GRAS
20
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
21
Locust Bean Gum
22
Guar Gum
23
Parmesan Cheese
24
Pasteurized Organic Part Skim Milk
25
Organic Onions
26
Natural Flavors
27
Eggs
28
Bread Crumbs
29
Wheat Flour
30
Dried Cane Syrup
31
Corn Syrup Solids
32
Textured Soy Flour
33
Organic Non-fat Dry Milk
34
Isolated Oat Product
35
Sodium Phosphate

Full Ingredient List

Beef and pork, chicken, water, textured soy protein concentrate (soy protein concentrate, caramel color), egg whites, contains 2% or less of the following: romano cheese (pasteurized sheep's and cow's milk, rennet, salt, cheese cultures, enzymes), ricotta cheese (whey, whole milk, cream, vinegar, salt, carrageenan, xanthan gum, locust bean gum, guar gum), parmesan cheese (pasteurized part skim milk, salt, cheese cultures, enzymes), dehydrated onions, natural flavors, eggs, bread crumbs (wheat flour), dried cane syrup, soy protein concentrate, corn syrup solids, salt, textured soy flour, non-fat dry milk, isolated oat product, sodium phosphate.

Other products containing Pasteurized Sheep's And Cow's Milk

Pasteurized Sheep's And Cow's Milk is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 44 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Meats and their products Frozen foods Meats Frozen meats

High-score cross-brand comparables for MEATBALLS HOMESTYLE

Neighbours outside Rosina with screening scores in the same high band as MEATBALLS HOMESTYLE (90/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Rosina; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from MEATBALLS HOMESTYLE's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 35-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare MEATBALLS HOMESTYLE's 2 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 0077083407217: 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.