Concern

Meat Lovers Pasta

by Great Value

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0078742076911 · Great Value. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0078742076911

The verdict

Meat Lovers Pasta by Great Value scores 50/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 74 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 4 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 74-component record, beginning with Beef And Pepperoni Sausage, Ground Beef, Pepperoni. 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.

50/100
Concern safety score
4
Many flagged · of 74 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0078742076911
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

37/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

50/100

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.

42076911 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Meat Lovers Pasta label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 50/100 FLAG-MANY 4 flagged LEN-DENSE 74 ing. REG-SPARSE 23% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 0% LEAD-FLAG BHA PHOTO-FINISH Kosher Baby Dill · ±0 BOOK-OFF …076911 · July 2026

17 of 74 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: BHA). Source sheet 42076911 · 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: Kosher Baby Dill Pickles · Nearest score peer is Kosher Baby Dill Pickles 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. Meat Lovers Pasta: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Meat Lovers Pasta50/1002. Kosher Baby Dill Pickles: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Kosher Baby Dill Pickles50/1003. Candy corn cupcakes: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Candy corn cupcakes50/1004. The bakery baked with pride, cookies, chocolate chip: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. The bakery baked with pri…50/1005. Stuffed Crust Pizza: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Stuffed Crust Pizza50/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Meat Lovers Pasta (50/100 on 74 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Meat Lovers Pasta
50/100
Kosher Baby Dill Pickles
50/100
Candy corn cupcakes
50/100
The bakery baked with pride, cookies, chocolate chip
50/100
Stuffed Crust Pizza
50/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Meat Lovers Pasta lists 74 ingredients on its label

74 100th percentile a longer ingredient list than every other product 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: 74 (100th 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 50/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (4 flagged of 74 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Beef And Pepperoni Sausage
2
Ground Beef
3
Pepperoni
4
Pork
5
Beef
6
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
7
Spices
8
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
9
Lactic Acid Starter Culture
10
Extractives Of Paprika
11
Garlic Powder. Spice Extractives
12
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
13
BHA
Avoid GRAS
14
BHT
Caution GRAS
15
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
16
Seasoning
17
Pork Stock
18
Yeast Extract
19
Natural Flavor
20
Garlic Powder
21
Extractive Of Paprika
22
Color
23
Water
24
Fully Cooked Seasoned Chicken Breast Strips With Rib Meat
25
Chicken Breast With Rib Meat
26
Modified Food Starch
27
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
28
Sodium Citrate
29
Sunflower Oil
30
Natural Flavors
31
Chicken Stock
32
Natural Flavor
33
Chicken Broth Powder
34
Potato Maltodextrin
35
Potato Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
36
Onion Powder
37
Corn Maltodextrin
38
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
39
Pea Protein Isolate
40
Cooked Sugar
41
Tapioca Maltodextrin
42
Paprika
43
Spice
44
Grill Flavor
45
Paprika Extractives
46
For Color
47
Sodium Phosphates
48
Organic Onions
49
Diced Tomatoes In Juice
50
Diced Tomatoes
51
Tomato Juice
52
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
53
Celery
54
Cabernet Sauvignon Cooking Wine
55
California Cabernet Sauvignon
56
Sulfites
Preservative
Certain People Should Avoid
57
Tomato Paste
58
Carrots
59
Spice Extractives
60
Corn Starch
61
Garlic Puree
62
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
63
Dried Beef Stock
64
Guar Gum
65
Cooked Pasta
66
Organic Pasta
67
Durum Wheat Semolina
68
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
69
Iron
70
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
71
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
72
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
73
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
74
Wheat And Soy

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.

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Meat Lovers Pasta

Neighbours outside Great Value near Meat Lovers Pasta's mid-band score (50/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Great Value; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

BHA is the first flagged ingredient selected from Meat Lovers Pasta's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 74-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to BHA. Open BHA
  • Compare Meat Lovers Pasta's 4 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 0078742076911: 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.