Safe

Traditional Meat Loaf

by Ahold

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0688267003851 · Ahold. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0688267003851 · Serving size 8 ONZ (227 g)

The verdict

Traditional Meat Loaf by Ahold scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 69 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 69-component record, beginning with Beef, Milk, Reduced Fat Milk. 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 69 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0688267003851
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

67/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

95/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-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.

67003851 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Traditional Meat Loaf label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 69 ing. REG-SPARSE 20% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-FINISH Baked beans · ±0 BOOK-OFF …003851 · July 2026

14 of 69 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 67003851 · 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: Baked beans · Nearest score peer is Baked beans 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. Traditional Meat Loaf: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Traditional Meat Loaf95/1002. Baked beans: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Baked beans95/1003. Beef Broth: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Beef Broth95/1004. Vegetable beef condensed soup: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Vegetable beef condensed …95/1005. Reduced sodium chicken broth: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Reduced sodium chicken br…95/100
High-band neighbours for Traditional Meat Loaf (95/100) outside Ahold.
Chart values as text

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

Traditional Meat Loaf
95/100
Baked beans
95/100
Beef Broth
95/100
Vegetable beef condensed soup
95/100
Reduced sodium chicken broth
95/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Traditional Meat Loaf lists 69 ingredients on its label

69 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% of the 359,392 products we track

0–2: 6,050 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 24,522 products (7%). Below this entry. 4–6: 31,054 products (9%). Below this entry. 6–8: 30,981 products (9%). Below this entry. 8–10: 31,618 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 29,943 products (8%). Below this entry. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 69 (99th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
6,050 products (2%)
2–4
24,522 products (7%)
4–6
31,054 products (9%)
6–8
30,981 products (9%)
8–10
31,618 products (9%)
10–12
29,943 products (8%)
12–14
28,403 products (8%)
14–16
27,417 products (8%)
16–18
24,508 products (7%)
18–20
19,062 products (5%)
20–22
14,679 products (4%)
22–24
12,238 products (3%)
24–26
10,830 products (3%)
26–28
9,344 products (3%)
28–30
7,955 products (2%)
30–32
6,753 products (2%)
32–34
5,918 products (2%)
34–36
5,282 products (1%)
36–38
4,531 products (1%)
38–40
4,063 products (1%)
40 and above
24,241 products (7%)

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. No category with enough published products was available for this record, so the comparison runs against the whole published catalogue.

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 69 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Beef
2
Milk
3
Reduced Fat Milk
4
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
5
Vitamin D3
6
Turkey
7
Bread Crumbs
8
Enriched Wheat Flour
9
Enriched With Niacin
10
Reduced Iron
11
Thiamin Mononitrate
12
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
13
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
14
Cane Sugar
15
Soybean Oil
16
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
17
Yeast
18
Natural Flavor
19
Egg
20
Whole Eggs
21
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
22
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
23
Dehydrated Soy Sauce
24
Water
25
Wheat
26
Soybeans
27
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
28
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
29
Sodium Benzoate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FUMIGANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
30
Less Than 1/10 Of 1% As A Preservative
31
Worcestershire Sauce
32
Distilled Vinegar
33
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
34
Hydrolyzed Soy Protein
35
Dehydrated Parsley
36
Italian Seasoning
37
Organic Basil
38
Oregano
39
Thyme
40
Marjoram
41
Rosemary
42
Sage
43
Savory
44
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
45
Red-skin Potato
46
Butter
47
Cream
48
Flavoring
49
Onion
50
Tomato Paste
51
Tomato
52
Naturally Derived
53
Flour
54
Bleached Wheat Flour
55
Malted Barley Flour
56
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
57
Iron
58
Reduced
59
Beef Base
60
Dried Beef Stock
61
Yeast Extract
62
Sugar And Beef Fat
63
Cornstarch
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
64
Apple Cider Vinegar
65
Reduced With Water To 5% Acidity
66
Black Pepper
67
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
68
Coriander
69
Organic Cloves

Full Ingredient List

Meat loaf: beef, milk (reduced fat milk, vitamin a palmitate, vitamin d3), turkey, bread crumbs (enriched wheat flour [enriched with niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], cane sugar, soybean oil, sea salt, yeast, natural flavor), egg (whole eggs, citric acid {to preserve color}, xanthan gum), soy sauce (water, wheat, soybeans, salt, lactic acid, sodium benzoate,less than 1/10 of 1% as a preservative), worcestershire sauce (water, distilled vinegar, high fructose corn syrup, salt, contains less than 2% hydrolyzed soy protein), parsley, salt, italian seasoning (basil, oregano, thyme, marjoram, rosemary, sage, and savory), garlic, black pepper. garlic mashed potatoes: red-skin potato, butter (cream, natural flavoring), garlic, sea salt, white pepper. meat loaf gravy: water, onion, tomato paste (tomato, citric acid [naturally derived]), butter (cream, natural flavoring), flour (bleached wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron [reduced], thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), beef base (beef stock, natural flavor, salt, yeast extract, sugar and beef fat), modified cornstarch, soy sauce (water, wheat, soybeans, salt, lactic acid, sodium benzoate, less than 1/10 of 1% as a preservative), garlic, sea salt, apple cider vinegar (reduced with water to 5% acidity), thyme, black pepper, caramel color, coriander, cloves.

Other products containing Red-skin Potato

Red-skin Potato is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 3 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

High-score cross-brand comparables for Traditional Meat Loaf

Neighbours outside Ahold with screening scores in the same high band as Traditional Meat Loaf (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Ahold; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Traditional Meat Loaf's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 69-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Traditional Meat Loaf'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 0688267003851: 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.