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Spaghetti & Meatballs Beef And Pork Meatballs Blended With Cheese In A Marinara Sauce, Spaghetti & Meatballs

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0078742363165 · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0078742363165 · Serving size 1 cup (220 g)

The verdict

Spaghetti & Meatballs Beef And Pork Meatballs Blended With Cheese In A Marinara Sauce, Spaghetti & Meatballs scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 60 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 60-component record, beginning with Noodle, Water, Wheat Flour. 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.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 60 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
C
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

65/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

95/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

C

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.

42363165 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Spaghetti & Meatballs Beef And Pork Meatballs Blended With Cheese In A Marinara Sauce, Spaghetti & Meatballs label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 60 ing. REG-SPARSE 25% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 8% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …363165 · July 2026

15 of 60 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 42363165 · 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

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 settled on its middle grade here, the band the algorithm produces when the penalty and credit sides of its nutrient ledger come out close to balanced. A mid-scale grade is a statement about the panel as a whole rather than about any single nutrient, and products arrive at it by very different routes: a moderate profile across every term, or high marks on some offset by heavy penalties on others. The grade is computed separately from the ingredient screen below and the two are not comparable measures.

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.

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. Spaghetti & Meatballs Beef And Pork Meatballs Blended With Cheese In A Marinara Sauce, Spaghetti & Meatballs scores 1.4 points above that category average (95/100 vs. 93.6/100), 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 Meals products

Spaghetti & Meatballs Beef And Pork Meatballs Blended With Cheese In A Marinara Sauce, Spaghetti & Meatballs lists 60 ingredients on its label

60 92nd percentile a longer ingredient list than 92% 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%). Below this entry. 34–36: 451 products (4%). Below this entry. 36–38: 443 products (4%). Below this entry. 38–40: 388 products (3%). Below this entry. 40–42: 3,204 products (28%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Meals product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

11,283 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 60 (92nd 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 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 60 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Noodle
2
Water
3
Wheat Flour
4
Vital Wheat Gluten
5
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
6
Potassium Carbonate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
7
Sodium Carbonate
ANTIOXIDANT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
8
Beta-carotene
ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
Safe GRAS
9
Color
10
Soybean Oil
11
Organic Marinara
12
Crushed Tomatoes
13
Tomatoes
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
Organic Tomato Puree
16
Organic Onions
17
Olive Oil
18
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
19
Spices
20
Food Starch-modified
21
Roasted Beef
22
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
23
Yeast Extract
24
Dehydrated Parsley
25
Natural Flavors
26
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
27
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
28
Meatball
29
Beef
30
Pork
31
Romano Cheese
32
Pasteurized Manchego Sheep's Milk
33
Rennet
ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
34
Fontina Cheese
35
Pasteurized Milk
36
Cheese Cultures
37
Enzymes
38
Breadcrumbs
39
Seasoning Blend
40
Onion
41
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
42
Spice
43
Egg White
44
Soy Protein Concentrate
45
Ricotta Cheese
46
Whole Milk
47
Dried Vinegar
48
Locust Bean Gum
49
Dehydrated Parsley
50
Soy Lecithin
51
Shredded Parmesan Cheese
52
Parmesan Cheese
53
Pasteurized Part-skim Milk
54
Cellulose
Emulsifier
Safe
55
Natamycin
FUMIGANT
Safe Approved
56
Mold Inhibitor
57
Dehydrated Parsley
58
Canola Oil
59
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
60
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

Full Ingredient List

Noodle (Water, Wheat Flour, Vital Wheat Gluten, Salt, Potassium Carbonate, Sodium Carbonate, Beta-Carotene [Color], Soybean Oil), Marinara (Crushed Tomatoes [Tomatoes, Citric Acid], Tomato Puree, Water, Onions, Olive Oil, Sugar, Salt, Spices, Food Starch-Modified, Roasted Beef, Garlic, Yeast Extract, Dehydrated Parsley, Natural Flavors, Caramel Color, Xanthan Gum), Meatball (Beef, Water, Pork, Romano Cheese [Pasteurized Manchego Sheep'S Milk, Salt, Rennet], Fontina Cheese [Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes], Breadcrumbs [Wheat Flour, Salt, Yeast Extract], Seasoning Blend [Salt, Dehydrated Onion, Dehydrated Garlic, Spice], Egg White, Soy Protein Concentrate, Ricotta Cheese [Whole Milk, Vinegar, Salt, Locust Bean Gum], Parsley, Soy Lecithin), Shredded Parmesan Cheese (Parmesan Cheese [Pasteurized Part-Skim Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes], Powdered Cellulose, Natamycin [Mold Inhibitor]), Organic Parsley (Organic Parsley, Organic Canola Oil, Sea Salt, Ascorbic Acid).

Other products containing Pasteurized Manchego Sheep's Milk

Pasteurized Manchego Sheep's Milk is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 3 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

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Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Spaghetti & Meatballs Beef And Pork Meatballs Blended With Cheese In A Marinara Sauce, Spaghetti & Meatballs's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 60-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Spaghetti & Meatballs Beef And Pork Meatballs Blended With Cheese In A Marinara Sauce, Spaghetti & Meatballs'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 0078742363165: 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.