Safe

Breaded Mozzarella Cheese Planks With Marinara Sauce

by Meijer Inc.

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0708820813359 · Meijer Inc. · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0708820813359 · Serving size 1 STICK, 2 TSP SAUCE (44 g)

The verdict

Breaded Mozzarella Cheese Planks With Marinara Sauce by Meijer Inc. scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 53 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 53-component record, beginning with Part Skim Mozzarella Cheese, Pasteurized Organic Part Skim Milk, Cheese Cultures. 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 53 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

63/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

100/100

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.

20813359 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Breaded Mozzarella Cheese Planks With Marinara Sauce label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 53 ing. REG-SPARSE 28% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 18% LEAD-RARE Ferrous Sulfate PHOTO-FINISH Jalapeno peppers cream · ±0 BOOK-OFF …813359 · July 2026

15 of 53 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Ferrous Sulfate). Source sheet 20813359 · 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: Jalapeno peppers cream cheese stuffed jalapenos coated in a crispy breading · Nearest score peer is Jalapeno peppers cream cheese stuffed jalapenos coated in a crispy breading 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.

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. Breaded Mozzarella Cheese Planks With Marinara Sauce: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Breaded Mozzarella Cheese…100/1002. Jalapeno peppers cream cheese stuffed jalapenos coated in a crispy breading: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Jalapeno peppers cream ch…100/1003. Breaded Mac N Cheese Wedges: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Breaded Mac N Cheese Wedg…100/1004. Breaded Green Beans: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Breaded Green Beans100/1005. Chicken & Cheese Mini Taquitos: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Chicken & Cheese Mini Taq…100/100
High-band neighbours for Breaded Mozzarella Cheese Planks With Marinara Sauce (100/100) outside Meijer Inc..
Chart values as text

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

Breaded Mozzarella Cheese Planks With Marinara Sauce
100/100
Jalapeno peppers cream cheese stuffed jalapenos coated in a crispy breading
100/100
Breaded Mac N Cheese Wedges
100/100
Breaded Green Beans
100/100
Chicken & Cheese Mini Taquitos
100/100

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. Breaded Mozzarella Cheese Planks With Marinara Sauce scores 7.1 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 92.9/100), 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 Frozen foods products

Breaded Mozzarella Cheese Planks With Marinara Sauce lists 53 ingredients on its label

53 82nd percentile a longer ingredient list than 82% 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

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

7,008 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 53 (82nd 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

1
Part Skim Mozzarella Cheese
2
Pasteurized Organic Part Skim Milk
3
Cheese Cultures
4
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
5
Enzymes
6
Enriched Wheat Flour
7
Wheat Flour
8
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
9
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
10
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
11
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
12
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
13
Water
14
Vegetable Oil
15
Soybean
16
Canola
17
Potato Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
18
Or Less Of Caramel Color
19
Dehydrated Parsley
20
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
21
Egg Whites
22
Extractives Of Paprika
23
Color
24
Food Starch - Modified
25
Garlic Powder
26
Leavening
27
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
28
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
29
Monocalcium Phosphate
30
Natural Flavor
31
Nonfat Milk
32
Onion Powder
33
Sodium Alginate Spice
34
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
35
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
36
Yeast
37
Tomatoes
38
Distilled White Vinegar
39
Corn Syrup
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back GRAS
40
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
41
Olive Oil
42
Italian Seasoning
43
Onion
44
Spices
45
Sugar Garlic
46
Msg
47
Parmesan Cheese
48
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
49
Potassium Sorbate And Sodium Benzoate
50
Preservatives
51
Organic Basil
52
Oregano
53
Black Pepper

Full Ingredient List

Cheese planks:part skim mozzarella cheese (pasteurized part skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, vegetable oil (soybean and/or canola), wheat flour, potato starch, contains 2% or less of caramel color, dehydrated parsley, dextrose, egg whites, extractives of paprika (color), food starch - modified, garlic powder, leavening (sodium bicarbonate, sodium acid pyrophosphate, monocalcium phosphate), natural flavor, nonfat milk, onion powder, salt, sodium alginate spice, sugar, whey, yeast, yellow corn flour. marinara sauce: water, tomatoes, distilled white vinegar, corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, olive oil, salt, italian seasoning (salt, dehydrated onion, spices, sugar dehydrated garlic, monosodium glutamate, parmesan cheese), dehydrated garlic, dehydrated onion, potassium sorbate and sodium benzoate (preservatives), basil, oregano, black pepper.

Categories

Frozen foods

High-score cross-brand comparables for Breaded Mozzarella Cheese Planks With Marinara Sauce

Neighbours outside Meijer Inc. with screening scores in the same high band as Breaded Mozzarella Cheese Planks With Marinara Sauce (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Meijer Inc.; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Breaded Mozzarella Cheese Planks With Marinara Sauce has a longer ingredient list than 82% of its Frozen foods 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 0708820813359: 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.