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Hungry-man, lasagna layered with meatballs

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0658276203030 · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0658276203030 · Serving size 1 PACKAGE (454 g)

The verdict

Hungry-man, lasagna layered with 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 Sauce, Water, Organic Tomato Puree. 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
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

70/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

95/100

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.

76203030 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Hungry-man, lasagna layered with meatballs label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 60 ing. REG-SPARSE 23% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-B Nutri-B RANK-SHORT Len top 11% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …203030 · July 2026

14 of 60 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 76203030 · 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. Hungry-man, lasagna layered with meatballs scores 2.1 points above that category average (95/100 vs. 92.9/100), 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 Frozen foods products

Hungry-man, lasagna layered with meatballs lists 60 ingredients on its label

60 89th percentile a longer ingredient list than 89% 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

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Distribution as text

7,008 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 60 (89th 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

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
Sauce
2
Water
3
Organic Tomato Puree
4
Diced Tomatoes
5
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
6
Organic Onions
7
Canola Oil
8
Burgundy Cooking Wine
9
Sulfites
Preservative
Certain People Should Avoid
10
Tomato Paste
11
Corn Starch
12
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
13
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
14
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
15
Beef Base
16
Roasted Beef And Concentrated Beef Stock
17
Hydrolyzed Soy
18
Corn And Wheat Protein
19
Corn Oil
20
Autolyzed yeast extract
Flavoring
Certain People Should Avoid
21
Flavorings
22
Maltodextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
23
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
24
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
25
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
26
Onion Powder
27
Black Pepper
28
Oregano
29
Bayleaf
30
Chili Pepper
31
Cooked Lasagna Noodles
32
Enriched Semolina
33
Durum Semolina
34
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
35
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
36
Thiamin
37
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
38
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
39
Dehydrated Vegetables
40
Broccoli
41
Carrots
42
Cooked Italian Style Meatballs
43
Beef
44
Textured Vegetable Protein
45
Soy Flour
46
Italian Style Seasoning
47
Garlic & Onion
48
Parmesan Cheese
49
Cheese Culture
50
Spices
51
White Pepper
52
Natural Beef Flavoring
53
Flavoring
54
Hydrolyzed Soy Protein
55
Spice Extractives
56
Extractive Of Garlic
57
Mozzarella Cheese
58
Pasteurized Organic Part Skim Milk
59
Cheese Cultures
60
Enzymes

Full Ingredient List

Sauce (water, tomato puree [diced tomatoes, tomato puree, citric acid], onions, canola oil, burgundy cooking wine [contains sulfites], tomato paste, modified corn starch, sugar, garlic [citric acid], salt, beef base [roasted beef and concentrated beef stock, salt, hydrolyzed soy, corn and wheat protein, corn oil, sugar, autolyzed yeast extract, flavorings, maltodextrin, whey, dextrose, caramel color], onion powder, black pepper, oregano, bayleaf, chili pepper), cooked lasagna noodles (water, enriched semolina [durum semolina, niacin, ferrous sulfate {iron}, thiamin, riboflavin, folic acid]), vegetables (broccoli, carrots), cooked italian style meatballs (beef, water, textured vegetable protein(soy flour, caramel color], italian style seasoning [salt, garlic & onion, parmesan cheese {part-skim milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes}, spices, sugar, white pepper], beef flavoring [sugar, flavoring, hydrolyzed soy protein, spice extractives, extractive of garlic]), mozzarella cheese (pasteurized part skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes).

Categories

Frozen foods

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Hungry-man, lasagna layered with 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 Hungry-man, lasagna layered with 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 0658276203030: 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.