Concern

Pepperoni & Sausage Pizza

by Target Stores

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0085239300282 · Target Stores · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0085239300282 · Serving size 0.25 PIZZA (152 g)

The verdict

Pepperoni & Sausage Pizza by Target Stores scores 50/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 44 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 44-component record, beginning with Low Moisture Part-skim Mozzarella Cheese, Pasteurized Part-skim Milk, Cheese Culture. 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 44 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

38/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

50/100

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.

39300282 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Pepperoni & Sausage Pizza label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 50/100 FLAG-MANY 4 flagged LEN-DENSE 44 ing. REG-SPARSE 23% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-MID Len top 23% LEAD-FLAG BHA PHOTO-FINISH Market pantry, covered · ±0 BOOK-OFF …300282 · July 2026

10 of 44 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: BHA). Source sheet 39300282 · 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: Market pantry, covered cookies with espresso cream filling, dark chocolate, dark chocolate · Nearest score peer is Market pantry, covered cookies with espresso cream filling, dark chocolate, dark chocolate 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.

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.

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. Pepperoni & Sausage Pizza: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Pepperoni & Sausage Pizza50/1002. Market pantry, covered cookies with espresso cream filling, dark chocolate, dark chocolate: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Market pantry, covered co…50/1003. Market pantry, snacks, mixed berry: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Market pantry, snacks, mi…50/1004. Gummi bears: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Gummi bears50/1005. Cream cheese spread: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Cream cheese spread50/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Pepperoni & Sausage Pizza (50/100 on 44 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Pepperoni & Sausage Pizza
50/100
Market pantry, covered cookies with espresso cream filling, dark chocolate, dark chocolate
50/100
Market pantry, snacks, mixed berry
50/100
Gummi bears
50/100
Cream cheese spread
50/100

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. Pepperoni & Sausage Pizza scores 43.6 points below that category average (50/100 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

Pepperoni & Sausage Pizza lists 44 ingredients on its label

44 77th percentile a longer ingredient list than 77% 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: 44 (77th 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 50/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (4 flagged of 44 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Low Moisture Part-skim Mozzarella Cheese
2
Pasteurized Part-skim Milk
3
Cheese Culture
4
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
5
Enzymes
6
Sauce
7
Water
8
Tomato Paste
9
Spices
10
Garlic Powder
11
Pepperoni Made With Pork
12
Chicken And Beef
13
Pork
14
Mechanically Separated Chicken
15
Beef
16
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
17
Lactic Acid Starter Culture
18
Oleoresin Of Paprika
19
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
20
Flavoring
21
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
22
BHA
Avoid GRAS
23
BHT
Caution GRAS
24
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
25
Cooked Italian Style Pizza Topping
26
Sausage
27
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
28
Paprika
29
Flavorings
30
Sodium Phosphate
31
Textured Vegetable Protein
32
Soy Flour
33
Soy Protein Concentrate
34
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
35
Flour
36
Wheat
37
Organic Malted Barley
38
Yeast
39
Soybean Oil
40
Vital Wheat Gluten
41
Cultured Wheat Starch
42
L-cysteine
DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
43
Soy Lecithin
44
Processing Aid

Full Ingredient List

Toppings: low moisture part-skim mozzarella cheese (pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), sauce (water, tomato paste, salt, spices, garlic powder), pepperoni made with pork, chicken and beef (pork, mechanically separated chicken, beef, salt, spices, dextrose, lactic acid starter culture, oleoresin of paprika, sodium ascorbate, flavoring, sodium nitrite, bha, bht, citric acid), cooked italian style pizza topping (sausage [pork, mechanically separated chicken, spices, salt, water, sugar, paprika, flavorings, sodium phosphate], water, textured vegetable protein [soy flour, soy protein concentrate, caramel color]). crust: flour (wheat, malted barley), water, contains less than 2% of yeast, sugar, salt, soybean oil, vital wheat gluten, cultured wheat starch, citric acid, l-cysteine, soy lecithin (processing aid).

Categories

Meals Pizzas pies and quiches Pizzas

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Pepperoni & Sausage Pizza

Neighbours outside Target Stores near Pepperoni & Sausage Pizza's mid-band score (50/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Target Stores; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

BHA is the first flagged ingredient selected from Pepperoni & Sausage Pizza's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 44-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to BHA. Open BHA
  • Compare Pepperoni & Sausage Pizza'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 0085239300282: 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.