Caution

Ham And Cheese Pizza

by Sam's Choice

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0078742036649 · Sam's Choice · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0078742036649 · Serving size 0.5 PIZZA (144 g)

The verdict

Ham And Cheese Pizza by Sam's Choice scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 33 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 33-component record, beginning with Crust, Wheat Flour, Enzyme. 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 33 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

55/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

85/100

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.

42036649 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Ham And Cheese Pizza label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 33 ing. REG-PART 30% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-MID Len top 42% LEAD-FLAG Sodium Nitrite PHOTO-FINISH Whole Grain White · ±0 BOOK-OFF …036649 · July 2026

10 of 33 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Nitrite). Source sheet 42036649 · 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: Whole Grain White Bread · Nearest score peer is Whole Grain White Bread at the same screening score.

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.

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.

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. Ham And Cheese Pizza: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Ham And Cheese Pizza85/1002. Whole Grain White Bread: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Whole Grain White Bread85/1003. Naturally Hardwood Smoked Thick Sliced Bacon: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Naturally Hardwood Smoked…85/1004. Rice pasta & sauce mix skillet dinner: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Rice pasta & sauce mix sk…85/1005. English Toasting Sandwich Bread: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. English Toasting Sandwich…85/100
High-band neighbours for Ham And Cheese Pizza (85/100) outside Sam's Choice.
Chart values as text

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

Ham And Cheese Pizza
85/100
Whole Grain White Bread
85/100
Naturally Hardwood Smoked Thick Sliced Bacon
85/100
Rice pasta & sauce mix skillet dinner
85/100
English Toasting Sandwich Bread
85/100

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. Ham And Cheese Pizza 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

Ham And Cheese Pizza lists 33 ingredients on its label

33 58th percentile a longer ingredient list than 58% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 34–36: 451 products (4%). Above this entry. 36–38: 443 products (4%). Above this entry. 38–40: 388 products (3%). Above this entry. 40–42: 3,204 products (28%). Above this entry. 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: 33 (58th 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 33 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Crust
2
Wheat Flour
3
Enzyme
4
Water
5
Olive Oil
6
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
7
Yeast
8
Ham
9
Cured With Water
10
Sodium Lactate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, WASHING OR SURFACE REMOVAL AGENT
GRAS
11
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
12
Sodium Phosphate
13
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
14
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
15
Swiss Cheese
16
Pasteurized Organic Part Skim Milk
17
Cheese Cultures
18
Enzymes
19
Sauce
20
Creme Fraiche Spice
21
Sour Cream Powder
22
Cream Solids
23
Cultured Non Fat Dry Milk
24
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
25
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
26
Modified Food Starch
27
Non Fat Dry Milk
28
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
29
Natural Flavor
30
Spice
31
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
32
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
33
Caramelized Onions

Full Ingredient List

Crust (wheat flour, enzyme, water, olive oil, salt, yeast), ham (cured with water, salt, sodium lactate, dextrose, sodium phosphate, sodium ascorbate, sodium nitrite), swiss cheese (pasteurized part skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), sauce (creme fraiche spice [sour cream powder {sour cream (cream solids, cultured non fat dry milk), maltodextrin, citric acid}, modified food starch, non fat dry milk, dehydrated garlic, salt, natural flavor, spice, xanthan gum, lactic acid]), caramelized onions.

Other products containing Creme Fraiche Spice

Creme Fraiche Spice is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 8 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Meals Pizzas pies and quiches Pizzas

High-score cross-brand comparables for Ham And Cheese Pizza

Neighbours outside Sam's Choice with screening scores in the same high band as Ham And Cheese Pizza (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Sam's Choice; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sodium Nitrite is the first flagged ingredient selected from Ham And Cheese Pizza's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 33-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sodium Nitrite. Open Sodium Nitrite
  • Compare Ham And Cheese Pizza's 1 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 0078742036649: 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.