Safe

Pesto pasta salad

by Kirkland Signature

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0214110519592 · Kirkland Signature · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0214110519592

The verdict

Pesto pasta salad by Kirkland Signature scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 46 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 46-component record, beginning with Fully Cooked Trottole Pasta, Water, Enriched Wheat Durum 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
None flagged · of 46 analyzed
Group 3
Processed foods
0214110519592
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

80/100

Grade A-

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 3

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.

10519592 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Pesto pasta salad label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 46 ing. REG-SPARSE 20% reg. NOVA-G3 G3 processed NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 20% LEAD-RARE Rennet PHOTO-FINISH Saltverk, flaky sea · ±0 BOOK-OFF …519592 · July 2026

9 of 46 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Rennet). Source sheet 10519592 · 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: Saltverk, flaky sea salt · Nearest score peer is Saltverk, flaky sea salt 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.

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. Pesto pasta salad: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Pesto pasta salad100/1002. Saltverk, flaky sea salt: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Saltverk, flaky sea salt100/1003. Sauce: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Sauce100/1004. Balsamic Garlic Honey: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Balsamic Garlic Honey100/1005. Turkey & Swiss Croissant: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Turkey & Swiss Croissant100/100
High-band neighbours for Pesto pasta salad (100/100) outside Kirkland Signature.
Chart values as text

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

Pesto pasta salad
100/100
Saltverk, flaky sea salt
100/100
Sauce
100/100
Balsamic Garlic Honey
100/100
Turkey & Swiss Croissant
100/100

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. Pesto pasta salad scores 6.4 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 93.6/100), 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 Meals products

Pesto pasta salad lists 46 ingredients on its label

46 80th percentile a longer ingredient list than 80% 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

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

11,283 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 46 (80th 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

1
Fully Cooked Trottole Pasta
2
Water
3
Enriched Wheat Durum Semolina
4
Semolina
5
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
6
Iron
7
Thiamin Mononitrate
8
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
9
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
10
Basil Pesto
11
Genovese Basil
12
Sunflower Oil
13
Parmesan Cheese
14
Pasteurized Part-skim Milk
15
Cheese Cultures
16
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
17
Enzymes
18
Organic Pine Nuts
19
Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil
20
Pecorino Romano Cheese
21
Organic Sheep's Milk
22
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
23
Rennet
ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
24
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
25
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
26
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
27
Black Pepper
28
Marinated Slow Roasted Cherry Tomatoes
29
Oven Roasted Cherry Tomatoes
30
Canola Oil
31
White Balsamic Vinegar
32
Oregano
33
Fresh Mozzarella Cheese Pearls
34
Pasteurized Milk
35
Dried Vinegar
36
Organic Baby Arugula
37
Egg
38
Milk
39
Tree Nuts
40
Wheat. Made In Facility That Processes Wheat
41
Soy
42
Peanuts
43
Treenuts
44
Fish
45
Shellfish
46
Crustacean & Sesame

Full Ingredient List

FULLY COOKED TROTTOLE PASTA [WATER, ENRICHED WHEAT DURUM SEMOLINA (SEMOLINA, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID)], BASIL PESTO [GENOVESE BASIL, SUNFLOWER OIL, PARMESAN CHEESE (PASTEURIZED PART-SKIM MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SEA SALT, ENZYMES), PINE NUTS, EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL, PECORINO ROMANO CHEESE (SHEEP'S MILK, SALT, RENNET), GARLIC, SEA SALT, ASCORBIC ACID, CITRIC ACID, BLACK PEPPER], MARINATED SLOW ROASTED CHERRY TOMATOES (OVEN ROASTED CHERRY TOMATOES, CANOLA OIL, WHITE BALSAMIC VINEGAR, GARLIC, SEA SALT, OREGANO), FRESH MOZZARELLA CHEESE PEARLS (PASTEURIZED MILK, VINEGAR, ENZYMES, SALT), BABY ARUGULA. CONTAINS EGG, MILK, TREE NUTS (PINE NUTS), WHEAT. MADE IN FACILITY THAT PROCESSES WHEAT, SOY, EGG, MILK, PEANUTS, TREENUTS, FISH, SHELLFISH, CRUSTACEAN & SESAME.

Categories

Meals Pasta dishes Prepared salads Pasta salads Vegetarian pasta salads

High-score cross-brand comparables for Pesto pasta salad

Neighbours outside Kirkland Signature with screening scores in the same high band as Pesto pasta salad (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Kirkland Signature; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Pesto pasta salad has a longer ingredient list than 80% of its Meals 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 0214110519592: 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.