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Family Style Meat Lasagna

by Trader Joe’s

Scores 100/100 on FDA SAFFA + CSPI ingredient analysis , with no flagged ingredients identified.

Barcode 00951128 · Serving size 1 serving (227 g)

The verdict

Family Style Meat Lasagna by Trader Joe’s scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 33 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 33-component record, beginning with Organic Pasta, Water, Durum Wheat Semolina. 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
flagged ingredients of 33 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.

00951128 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Family Style Meat Lasagna label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 33 ing. REG-SPARSE 18% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-B Nutri-B RANK-LONG Len top 55% LEAD-RARE Calcium Chloride PHOTO-FINISH Pepermint hot chocolate · ±0 BOOK-OFF …951128 · July 2026

Family Style Meat Lasagna scores 100/100 across a 33-component declaration with no caution flags in the parsed set. 6 of 33 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Calcium Chloride). Longer lists compress many small registry contributions into one figure — see the table below. Methodology · Read with nearest score peer: Pepermint hot chocolate · Nearest score peer is Pepermint hot chocolate at the same screening score.

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.

This label parsed into a long component list. Where many entries are screened at once, the composite tends to reflect the overall mix of registry ratings returned rather than the rating of any one entry. Longer declarations also carry more sub-listed and compound entries, where a parenthetical group is resolved into its parts, so the parsed count can exceed what a reader counts on the packaging.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Family Style Meat Lasagna: 100/1001. Family Style Meat Lasagna100/1002. Pepermint hot chocolate: 100/1002. Pepermint hot chocolate100/1003. Cranberry sauce: 100/1003. Cranberry sauce100/1004. Chicken asada: 100/1004. Chicken asada100/1005. Organic fair trade breakfast blend: 100/1005. Organic fair trade breakf…100/100
High-band neighbours for Family Style Meat Lasagna (100/100) outside Trader Joe’s.
Chart values as text

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

Family Style Meat Lasagna
100/100
Pepermint hot chocolate
100/100
Cranberry sauce
100/100
Chicken asada
100/100
Organic fair trade breakfast blend
100/100

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. Family Style Meat Lasagna 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

Family Style Meat Lasagna lists 33 ingredients on its label

33 45th percentile a longer ingredient list than 45% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 34–36: 319 products (5%). Above this entry. 36–38: 314 products (4%). Above this entry. 38–40: 283 products (4%). Above this entry. 40–42: 2,792 products (40%). Above this entry. 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: 33 (45th 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.

Full Ingredient List

Pasta (Water, Durum Wheat Semolina, Egg White Powder), Water, Part-skim Ricotta Cheese (Whey, Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Citric Acid [Acidifier]), Beef, Pork, Low-moisture Part-skim Mozzarella Cheese (Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Calcium Chloride, Microbial Enzyme), Crushed Tomatoes, Diced Tomatoes In Juice (Tomato, Tomato Juice, Citric Acid [Acidifier], Calcium Chloride), Onion, Distilled Vinegar, Modified Cornstarch, Skim Milk Powder, Salt, Romano Cheese Made From Cow's Milk (Milk, Salt, Cheese Cultures, Microbial Enzyme, Calcium Chloride), Spices, Garlic, Cane Sugar, Parmesan Cheese (Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Calcium Chloride, Microbial Enzyme), Granulated Onion, Yeast Extract, Granulated Garlic.

Other products containing Part-skim Ricotta Cheese

Part-skim Ricotta Cheese is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 4 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Frozen foods Meals Pasta dishes Prepared lasagne Meat lasagnas

High-score cross-brand comparables for Family Style Meat Lasagna

Neighbours outside Trader Joe’s with screening scores in the same high band as Family Style Meat Lasagna (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Trader Joe’s; these peers cross brands.

Trace this label’s coverage

Trace this label’s coverage

6 of 33 parsed ingredients on Family Style Meat Lasagna match at least one source registry. Use the ingredient records to see which entries carry source context and which remain unmatched.

  • Review Calcium Chloride as the most distinctive source-covered entry on this label. Inspect ingredients
  • Compare this product with a nearby cross-brand screening score. Compare labels
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This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 00951128: 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.