Safe

Uncured Pepperoni Pizza

by Rao's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0747479300216 · Rao's · Beverages and beverages preparations. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0747479300216 · Serving size 0.25 pizza (130 g)

The verdict

Uncured Pepperoni Pizza by Rao's scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 55 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 55-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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 55 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

58/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

100/100

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.

79300216 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Uncured Pepperoni Pizza label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 55 ing. REG-SPARSE 24% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 0% LEAD-RARE L-cysteine PHOTO-FINISH Chicken Parmesan with · ±0 BOOK-OFF …300216 · July 2026

13 of 55 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: L-cysteine). Source sheet 79300216 · 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: Chicken Parmesan with Spaghetti · Nearest score peer is Chicken Parmesan with Spaghetti 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.

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.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Uncured Pepperoni Pizza: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Uncured Pepperoni Pizza100/1002. Chicken Parmesan with Spaghetti: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Chicken Parmesan with Spa…100/1003. Marinara: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Marinara100/1004. Creamy Marinara with Mascarpone Cheese: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Creamy Marinara with Masc…100/1005. ARRABBIATA Spicy Marinara: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. ARRABBIATA Spicy Marinara100/100
High-band neighbours for Uncured Pepperoni Pizza (100/100) outside Rao's.
Chart values as text

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

Uncured Pepperoni Pizza
100/100
Chicken Parmesan with Spaghetti
100/100
Marinara
100/100
Creamy Marinara with Mascarpone Cheese
100/100
ARRABBIATA Spicy Marinara
100/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 32,623 products we've scored in the Beverages category, the average safety score is 90.5/100. Uncured Pepperoni Pizza scores 9.5 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 90.5/100), 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 Beverages and beverages preparations products

Uncured Pepperoni Pizza lists 55 ingredients on its label

55 100th percentile a longer ingredient list than every other product we track

0–2: 103 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 484 products (10%). Below this entry. 4–6: 475 products (10%). Below this entry. 6–8: 550 products (11%). Below this entry. 8–10: 619 products (13%). Below this entry. 10–12: 595 products (12%). Below this entry. 12–14: 493 products (10%). Below this entry. 14–16: 381 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 272 products (6%). Below this entry. 18–20: 193 products (4%). Below this entry. 20–22: 187 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 134 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 95 products (2%). Below this entry. 26–28: 69 products (1%). Below this entry. 28–30: 56 products (1%). Below this entry. 30–32: 38 products (1%). Below this entry. 32–34: 16 products (0%). Below this entry. 34–36: 22 products (0%). Below this entry. 36–38: 5 products (0%). Below this entry. 38–40: 7 products (0%). Below this entry. 40–42: 80 products (2%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Beverages and beverages preparations 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

4,874 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 55 (100th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
103 products (2%)
2–4
484 products (10%)
4–6
475 products (10%)
6–8
550 products (11%)
8–10
619 products (13%)
10–12
595 products (12%)
12–14
493 products (10%)
14–16
381 products (8%)
16–18
272 products (6%)
18–20
193 products (4%)
20–22
187 products (4%)
22–24
134 products (3%)
24–26
95 products (2%)
26–28
69 products (1%)
28–30
56 products (1%)
30–32
38 products (1%)
32–34
16 products (0%)
34–36
22 products (0%)
36–38
5 products (0%)
38–40
7 products (0%)
40 and above
80 products (2%)

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 4,874 Beverages and beverages preparations 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
Crust
2
Enriched Wheat Flour
3
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
Enzymes
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
Bread Crumbs
14
Wheat Flour
15
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
16
Yeast
17
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
18
Olive Oil
19
Monocalcium Phosphate
20
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
21
L-cysteine
DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
22
Sauce
23
Italian Tomatoes
24
Onion
25
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
26
Carrots
27
Spices
28
Cultured Celery Powder
29
Cultured Celery Juice
30
Pork
31
Beef
32
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
33
Natural Flavors
34
Lactic Acid Starter Culture
35
Cultured Celery Juice
36
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
37
Extractives Of Paprika
38
Cherry Powder
39
Garlic Powder
40
Oleoresin Of Paprika
41
Whole Milk Mozzarella Cheese
42
Pasteurized Milk
43
Cheese Cultures
44
Provolone Cheese
45
Pasteurized Whole Milk
46
Cheese Culture
47
Fontina Cheese
48
Cellulose
Emulsifier
Safe
49
Anticaking Agent
50
Parmesan And Romano Cheese
51
Parmesan Cheese
52
Cultured
53
Part-skim Milk
54
Romano Cheese From Cow's Milk
55
Pasteurized Part-skim Milk

Full Ingredient List

Crust (Enriched Wheat Flour [Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid, Enzymes, Ascorbic Acid], Water, Soybean Oil, Bread Crumbs [Wheat Flour, Sugar, Yeast, Salt], Sugar, Yeast, Salt, Olive Oil, Monocalcium Phosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate, L-cysteine), Sauce (Italian Tomatoes, Olive Oil, Onion, Salt, Garlic, Carrots, Spices), Uncured+ Pepperoni ⁺No Nitrites or Nitrates Added Except for Those Naturally Occurring in Sea Salt, Cultured Celery Powder, and Cultured Celery Juice (Pork, Beef, Sea Salt, Spices, Contains 2% or Less of: Natural Flavors, Lactic Acid Starter Culture, Cultured Celery Juice, Dextrose, Extractives of Paprika, Cherry Powder, May Contain: Cultured Celery Powder, Garlic Powder, Oleoresin of Paprika), Whole Milk Mozzarella Cheese (Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Provolone Cheese (Pasteurized Whole Milk, Cheese Culture, Salt, Enzymes), Fontina Cheese (Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes, Powdered Cellulose [Anticaking Agent]), Parmesan and Romano Cheese (Parmesan Cheese [Cultured, Part-Skim Milk, Salt, Enzymes], Romano Cheese From Cow's Milk [Cultured, Part-Skim Milk, Salt, Enzymes], Powdered Cellulose [Anticaking Agent], Salt), Parmesan Cheese (Pasteurized Part-Skim Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes, Powdered Cellulose [Anticaking Agent]), Spices

Categories

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High-score cross-brand comparables for Uncured Pepperoni Pizza

Neighbours outside Rao's with screening scores in the same high band as Uncured Pepperoni Pizza (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Rao's; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Uncured Pepperoni Pizza has a longer ingredient list than 100% of its Beverages and beverages preparations 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 0747479300216: 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.