Concern

Pepperoni Pizza

by Ahold

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0688267155390 · Ahold · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0688267155390 · Serving size 0.25 PIZZA (153 g)

The verdict

Pepperoni Pizza by Ahold scores 55/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 62 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 62-component record, beginning with Crust, Enriched Wheat Flour, 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 62 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
D
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

40/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

55/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

D

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.

67155390 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Pepperoni Pizza label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 55/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 62 ing. REG-SPARSE 29% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 7% LEAD-FLAG BHA PHOTO-FINISH Classic Crust Pizza · ±0 BOOK-OFF …155390 · July 2026

18 of 62 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: BHA). Source sheet 67155390 · 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: Classic Crust Pizza · Nearest score peer is Classic Crust Pizza at the same screening score.

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.

This label falls in the fourth Nutri-Score band. The model arrives there when its penalty terms — energy density, sugars, saturated fat, sodium — carry more weight in the calculation than the fibre, protein and produce content it credits. The band covers a wide span of the points scale, so position within it is not visible from the letter alone. The grade reflects the declared nutrition panel and is unrelated to the additive ratings listed below, which come from different bodies applying different criteria.

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. Pepperoni Pizza: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Pepperoni Pizza55/1002. Classic Crust Pizza: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Classic Crust Pizza55/1003. Self-rising crust pizza: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Self-rising crust pizza55/1004. Armour, Pepperoni: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Armour, Pepperoni55/1005. Rockin' Protein Builder Protein Shake Strawberry: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Rockin' Protein Builder P…55/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Pepperoni Pizza (55/100 on 62 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Pepperoni Pizza
55/100
Classic Crust Pizza
55/100
Self-rising crust pizza
55/100
Armour, Pepperoni
55/100
Rockin' Protein Builder Protein Shake Strawberry
55/100

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. Pepperoni 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

Pepperoni Pizza lists 62 ingredients on its label

62 93rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 93% 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: 62 (93rd 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 62 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Crust
2
Enriched Wheat Flour
3
Flour
4
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
5
Iron
6
Thiamin Mononitrate
7
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
9
Enzyme
10
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
11
Water
12
Soybean Oil
13
Yeast
14
Bread Crumbs
15
Wheat Flour
16
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
17
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
18
Olive Oil
19
Cultured Wheat Starch
20
Honey
21
Sodium Bicarbonate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
22
Sodium Aluminum Phosphate
23
L-cysteine
DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
24
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
25
Mozzarella Cheese
26
Cultured Pasteurized Milk
27
Enzymes
28
Organic Tomato Puree
29
Tomatoes
30
Pepperoni
31
Pork
32
Beef
33
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
34
Garlic Powder
35
Lactic Acid Starter Culture
36
Spice Extractives
37
Oleoresin Of Paprika
38
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
39
Spices
40
BHA
Avoid GRAS
41
BHT
Caution GRAS
42
Seasoning
43
Modified Food Starch
44
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
45
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
46
Hydrolyzed Corn Protein
47
Paprika
48
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
49
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
50
Corn Oil
51
Extractives Of Paprika
52
Provolone Cheese
53
Pasteurized Milk
54
Cheese Culture
55
Tomato Paste
56
Romano
57
Parmesan And Asiago Cheese Blend
58
Pasteurized Organic Part Skim Milk
59
Cow's Milk
60
Cheese Cultures
61
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
62
Oregano

Full Ingredient List

Crust (enriched wheat flour [flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, enzyme, ascorbic acid], water, soybean oil, yeast, bread crumbs [wheat flour, yeast, sugar, salt], olive oil, sugar, salt, cultured wheat starch, honey, sodium bicarbonate, sodium aluminum phosphate, l-cysteine, citric acid), mozzarella cheese (cultured pasteurized milk, salt, enzymes), tomato puree (tomatoes, salt, citric acid), pepperoni (pork, beef, salt, contains 2% or less of: dextrose, garlic powder, lactic acid starter culture, natural spice extractives, oleoresin of paprika, sodium nitrite, spices, bha, bht, citric acid), water, contains 2% or less of: seasoning (modified food starch, maltodextrin, sugar, salt, dextrose, spices, dehydrated garlic, hydrolyzed corn protein, paprika, citric acid, xanthan gum, sodium benzoate [to protect freshness], corn oil, extractives of paprika), provolone cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), tomato paste, romano, parmesan and asiago cheese blend (pasteurized part skim milk, cow's milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), soybean oil, garlic, salt, seasoning (spices, garlic powder, soybean oil), oregano.

Other products containing Parmesan And Asiago Cheese Blend

Parmesan And Asiago Cheese Blend is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 8 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Meals Pizzas pies and quiches Pizzas Pepperoni pizzas

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Pepperoni Pizza

Neighbours outside Ahold near Pepperoni Pizza's mid-band score (55/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Ahold; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

BHA is the first flagged ingredient selected from Pepperoni Pizza's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 62-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to BHA. Open BHA
  • Compare Pepperoni 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 0688267155390: 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.