Concern

Pizza

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0681131166812 · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0681131166812 · Serving size 0.167 PIZZA (138 g)

The verdict

Pizza scores 55/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 64 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 64-component record, beginning with Crust, Enriched Unbleached Wheat Flour, Wheat Flour. 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.

55/100
Concern safety score
3
Few flagged · of 64 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
E
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

35/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

55/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

E

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.

31166812 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Pizza label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 55/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 64 ing. REG-SPARSE 25% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 6% LEAD-FLAG BHA PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …166812 · July 2026

16 of 64 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: BHA). Source sheet 31166812 · 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

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.

Nutri-Score assigned its lowest band to this label. The algorithm reserves that grade for nutrition panels where the values it penalises sit well above the components it credits. The two systems on this page measure genuinely different things: a product can hold this grade while carrying no additive flagged by the registries screened below, and a product graded well can carry several. Neither reading substitutes for the other, and the per-component table is where the additive picture is set out.

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 15,626 products we've scored in the Meals category, the average safety score is 93.6/100. Pizza scores 38.6 points below that category average (55/100 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

Pizza lists 64 ingredients on its label

64 94th percentile a longer ingredient list than 94% 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: 64 (94th 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 55/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 64 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Crust
2
Enriched Unbleached Wheat Flour
3
Wheat Flour
4
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
5
Reduced Iron
6
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
7
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
9
Water
10
Palm Oil
11
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
12
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
13
Leavening
14
Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
15
Baking Soda
16
Monocalcium Phosphate
17
Low Moisture Mozzarella Cheese
18
Pasteurized Milk
19
Cheese Cultures
20
Enzymes
21
Sauce
22
Organic Tomato Puree
23
Tomato Paste
24
Spices
25
Organic Basil
26
Soybeanoil
27
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
28
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
29
Onion
30
Garlic Powder
31
Pepperoni
32
Pork
33
Beef
34
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
35
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
36
Paprika Oleoresin
37
Lactic Acid Starter Culture
38
Flavorings
39
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
40
BHA
Avoid GRAS
41
BHT
Caution GRAS
42
Citric Acid. May
43
Or Less Of Water
44
Smoke Flavoring
45
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
46
Cooked Italian Sausage For Pizza
47
Corn Syrup Solids
48
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
49
Paprika
50
Lemon Juice Powder
51
Lemon Juice Solids
52
Lemon Oil
53
Flavoring
54
Unsmoked Provolone Cheese
55
Gruyere Cheese
56
Fontina Cheese
57
Pasteurized Organic Part Skim Milk
58
Powdered Cellulose Added To Prevent Caking
59
Asiago Cheese
60
Romano Cheese Made With Cow's Milk
61
Natural Mold Inhibitor
62
Granulated Garlic
63
Dehydrated Parsley
64
Oregano

Full Ingredient List

Crust (enriched unbleached wheat flour [wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], water, palm oil, contains less than 2% of the following: sugar, salt, leavening [sodium acid pyrophosphate, baking soda, monocalcium phosphate]), low moisture mozzarella cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), sauce (tomato puree [water, tomato paste], sugar, contains 2% or less of: spices, basil, salt, soybeanoil, citric acid, xanthan gum, dehydrated onion, garlic powder), pepperoni (pork, beef, salt, spices, dextrose, dehydrated garlic, paprika oleoresin, lactic acid starter culture, natural flavorings, sodium nitrite, bha, bht, citric acid. may contains 2% or less of water, smoke flavoring, sodium ascorbate), cooked italian sausage for pizza (pork, spices, water, salt, corn syrup solids, dried garlic, paprika, sugar, lemon juice powder[corn syrup solids, lemon juice solids, lemon oil], flavoring), unsmoked provolone cheese(pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), gruyere cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), fontina cheese (pasteurized part skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, powdered cellulose added to prevent caking), asiago cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, powdered cellulose added to prevent caking), romano cheese made with cow's milk (pasteurized part skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, powdered cellulose added to prevent caking, may contain natamycin [a mold inhibitor]), granulated garlic, parsley, oregano.

Other products containing Citric Acid. May

Citric Acid. May is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 4 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Meals Pizzas pies and quiches Pizzas

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

BHA is the first flagged ingredient selected from Pizza's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 64-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to BHA. Open BHA
  • Compare Pizza's 3 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 0681131166812: 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.