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Spinach & 3 cheese, stuffed pasta shells with ricotta, romano & parmesan cheeses

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0085239103814 · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0085239103814 · Serving size 2 SHELLS (141 g)

The verdict

Spinach & 3 cheese, stuffed pasta shells with ricotta, romano & parmesan cheeses scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 48 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 48-component record, beginning with Ricotta Cheese, Milk, Whey. 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 48 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
B
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

73/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

B

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.

39103814 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Spinach & 3 cheese, stuffed pasta shells with ricotta, romano & parmesan cheeses label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 48 ing. REG-SPARSE 23% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-B Nutri-B RANK-MID Len top 25% LEAD-RARE Cellulose PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …103814 · July 2026

11 of 48 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Cellulose). Source sheet 39103814 · 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.

The Nutri-Score algorithm returned its second band for this label. That grade typically describes a nutrition panel whose favourable components register clearly in the model without fully offsetting its energy or sodium terms. Because the calculation is a single points balance rather than a set of independent thresholds, a strong fibre or protein figure can lift a panel into this band even where one penalised nutrient sits high. The grade summarises the declared panel alone and carries no information about the additive ratings screened below.

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 24,982 products we've scored in the Frozen foods category, the average safety score is 92.9/100. Spinach & 3 cheese, stuffed pasta shells with ricotta, romano & parmesan cheeses scores 7.1 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 92.9/100), so it is a comparatively strong pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Frozen foods products

Spinach & 3 cheese, stuffed pasta shells with ricotta, romano & parmesan cheeses lists 48 ingredients on its label

48 75th percentile a longer ingredient list than 75% of the 7,008 products we track

0–2: 11 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 54 products (1%). Below this entry. 4–6: 54 products (1%). Below this entry. 6–8: 66 products (1%). Below this entry. 8–10: 102 products (1%). Below this entry. 10–12: 112 products (2%). Below this entry. 12–14: 184 products (3%). Below this entry. 14–16: 205 products (3%). Below this entry. 16–18: 245 products (3%). Below this entry. 18–20: 284 products (4%). Below this entry. 20–22: 264 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 298 products (4%). Below this entry. 24–26: 247 products (4%). Below this entry. 26–28: 271 products (4%). Below this entry. 28–30: 284 products (4%). Below this entry. 30–32: 294 products (4%). Below this entry. 32–34: 325 products (5%). Below this entry. 34–36: 319 products (5%). Below this entry. 36–38: 314 products (4%). Below this entry. 38–40: 283 products (4%). Below this entry. 40–42: 2,792 products (40%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Frozen foods 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

7,008 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 48 (75th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
11 products (0%)
2–4
54 products (1%)
4–6
54 products (1%)
6–8
66 products (1%)
8–10
102 products (1%)
10–12
112 products (2%)
12–14
184 products (3%)
14–16
205 products (3%)
16–18
245 products (3%)
18–20
284 products (4%)
20–22
264 products (4%)
22–24
298 products (4%)
24–26
247 products (4%)
26–28
271 products (4%)
28–30
284 products (4%)
30–32
294 products (4%)
32–34
325 products (5%)
34–36
319 products (5%)
36–38
314 products (4%)
38–40
283 products (4%)
40 and above
2,792 products (40%)

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 7,008 Frozen foods 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

1
Ricotta Cheese
2
Milk
3
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
4
Skim Milk
5
Dried Vinegar
6
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
7
Locust Bean Gum
8
Guar Gum
9
Stabilizers
10
Water
11
Durum Flour
12
Enriched With Niacin
13
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
14
Iron
15
Thiamin Mononitrate
16
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
17
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
18
Spinach
19
Cracker Meal
20
Wheat Flour
21
Pasteurized Eggs
22
Corn Starch
23
Romano Cheese
24
Hard Grating Cheese
25
Cultured Part-skim Milk
26
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
27
Enzymes
28
Domestic Romano Cheese From Cow's Milk
29
Pecorino Romano Cheese
30
Organic Sheep's Milk
31
Culture
32
Enzyme
33
Anticaking
34
Starch And Cellulose
35
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
36
Parmesan Cheese
37
Pasteurized Organic Part Skim Milk
38
Less Than 2% Enzymes
39
Cheese Cultures
40
Corn Starch
41
Cellulose
Emulsifier
Safe
42
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
43
Yellow Corn Flour
44
Canola Oil
45
Annatto
Coloring
Certain People Should Avoid
46
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
47
Pepper
48
Dehydrated Parsley

Full Ingredient List

Ricotta cheese (milk, whey, skim milk, vinegar, xanthan gum, locust bean gum, guar gum, [stabilizers]), water, durum flour (enriched with niacin, ferrous sulfate [iron], thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), spinach, cracker meal (wheat flour [enriched with niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid]), pasteurized eggs, modified corn starch, romano cheese (hard grating cheese [cultured part-skim milk, salt, enzymes], domestic romano cheese from cow's milk [cultured part-skim milk, salt, enzymes], pecorino romano cheese [sheep's milk, culture, enzyme, salt] anticaking [starch and cellulose] and potassium sorbate), salt, parmesan cheese (pasteurized part skim milk, salt, less than 2% enzymes, cheese cultures, corn starch, powdered cellulose [to prevent caking], potassium sorbate [to protect flavor]), yellow corn flour, wheat flour, canola oil, annatto, garlic, pepper, parsley.

Categories

Frozen foods

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Spinach & 3 cheese, stuffed pasta shells with ricotta, romano & parmesan cheeses has a longer ingredient list than 75% of its Frozen foods category comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0085239103814: 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.