Meat Lovers Pasta
Contains 4 flagged ingredients
Meat Lovers Pasta by Great Value, Walmart receives a safety score of 50/100 based on ingredient analysis using FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) data and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. The product contains 4 ingredients that have been flagged for potential safety concerns by regulatory or consumer advocacy databases. Product label data is sourced from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative database. See the full ingredient breakdown and safety assessment below.
What the Data Says About
Meat Lovers Pasta by Great Value, Walmart carries a composite safety score of 50/100, which we classify as "Concern" on our four-tier shelf-label framework. The score is computed by mapping each labeled ingredient against FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) regulatory status and CSPI Chemical Cuisine classifications, then penalizing the overall product for each additive rated as caution-or-worse. Product data originates from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative catalog; safety annotations come from federal regulators and the Center for Science in the Public Interest.
Our scan identified 4 flagged ingredients in this product — components that at least one official source has classified as requiring caution, targeted avoidance, or further evaluation. Flagged ingredients are the items most likely to surface in FDA inspection findings, state-level ingredient bans, or outbreak-related recall notices, so the per-ingredient breakdown below is the most useful lens for anyone screening this product for a specific dietary concern.
On the NOVA processing scale, Meat Lovers Pasta is classified as Group 4 (Ultra-processed). NOVA measures industrial processing intensity rather than ingredient-level safety, so it complements the SAFFA and CSPI ratings: a product can be clean on additive flags but heavily processed, or lightly processed but carry individually flagged ingredients. Combining both lenses gives a fuller picture than either alone.
Safety Profile at a Glance
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| PlainFoodSafe Score | 50/100 | FDA SAFFA + CSPI composite |
| Flagged ingredients | 4 | CSPI/FDA review |
| NOVA processing group | Group 4 | OpenFoodFacts |
| Nutri-Score | Not available | OpenFoodFacts |
Composite metric derived from FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine, OpenFoodFacts. See methodology.
Ingredient Safety Analysis
Full Ingredient List
meat lovers sauce: beef and pepperoni sausage (ground beef, pepperoni [pork, beef, salt, spices, sugar, lactic acid starter culture, extractives of paprika, garlic powder. spice extractives, sodium nitrite, bha, bht, citric acid), seasoning [spices, pork stock, salt, yeast extract, natural flavor, garlic powder, extractive of paprika (color}], salt), water, fully cooked seasoned chicken breast strips with rib meat (chicken breast with rib meat, water, food starch, contains 2% or less of: salt, carrageenan, sodium citrate, sunflower oil, natural flavors, chicken stock, flavor, yeast extract, chicken broth powder, potato maltodextrin, potato starch, onion powder, corn maltodextrin, garlic powder, dextrose, pea protein isolate, cooked sugar, tapioca maltodextrin, paprika, spice, grill flavor, paprika extractives (for color], sodium phosphates), onions, diced tomatoes in juice (diced tomatoes, tomato juice, citric acid, calcium chloride), celery, cabernet sauvignon cooking wine (california cabernet sauvignon, salt, sulfites), tomato paste, carrots, pepperoni (pork, beef, salt, spices, sugar, lactic acid starter culture, extractives of paprika, garlic powder, spice extractives, sodium nitrite, bha, bht, citric acid), corn starch, garlic puree (garlic, water), beef stock (beef stock, water, natural flavor, guar gum), soy lecithin. cavatappi pasta: cooked pasta (water, pasta [durum wheat semolina, niacin, iron (ferrous sulfate), thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid]). keep frozer follow thes thoroughly measured times may great value lots of the r chicken an slow-cooke onions and meat flavor minutes. en if for tel contains wheat and soy.
Data Sources
Data as of 2025. Source: OpenFoodFacts, FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine.
Product data from OpenFoodFacts (ODbL). Ingredient safety ratings from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine. See our methodology for details.
This information is for reference only and does not constitute dietary or medical advice.
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