Pot Pie With Turkey & Vegetables
by Papa John's Salads & Produce
Contains 4 flagged ingredients
Pot Pie With Turkey & Vegetables by Papa John's Salads & Produce receives a safety score of 50/100 based on ingredient analysis using FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) data and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. The product contains 4 ingredients that have been flagged for potential safety concerns by regulatory or consumer advocacy databases. Product label data is sourced from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative database. See the full ingredient breakdown and safety assessment below.
What the Data Says About
Pot Pie With Turkey & Vegetables by Papa John's Salads & Produce carries a composite safety score of 50/100, which we classify as "Concern" on our four-tier shelf-label framework. The score is computed by mapping each labeled ingredient against FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) regulatory status and CSPI Chemical Cuisine classifications, then penalizing the overall product for each additive rated as caution-or-worse. Product data originates from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative catalog; safety annotations come from federal regulators and the Center for Science in the Public Interest.
Our scan identified 4 flagged ingredients in this product — components that at least one official source has classified as requiring caution, targeted avoidance, or further evaluation. Flagged ingredients are the items most likely to surface in FDA inspection findings, state-level ingredient bans, or outbreak-related recall notices, so the per-ingredient breakdown below is the most useful lens for anyone screening this product for a specific dietary concern.
On the NOVA processing scale, Pot Pie With Turkey & Vegetables is classified as Group 4 (Ultra-processed). NOVA measures industrial processing intensity rather than ingredient-level safety, so it complements the SAFFA and CSPI ratings: a product can be clean on additive flags but heavily processed, or lightly processed but carry individually flagged ingredients. Combining both lenses gives a fuller picture than either alone.
Safety Profile at a Glance
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| PlainFoodSafe Score | 50/100 | FDA SAFFA + CSPI composite |
| Flagged ingredients | 4 | CSPI/FDA review |
| NOVA processing group | Group 4 | OpenFoodFacts |
| Nutri-Score | Not available | OpenFoodFacts |
Composite metric derived from FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine, OpenFoodFacts. See methodology.
Ingredient Safety Analysis
Full Ingredient List
Turkey filling (water, turkey (turkey breast, turkey broth, salt, dextrose, sodium phosphate, vegetable oil), red potatoes, poultry gravy (maltodextrin, cornstarch, whey (from milk), dehydrated cooked chicken, modified cornstarch, corn syrup solids, hydrolyzed corn gluten, soy and wheat gluten proteins, chicken fat, partially hydrogenated canola oil, soybean oil, less than 2% of nonfat milk, onion powder, xanthan gum, yeast extract, yeast, sodium caseinate (from milk), enzyme-modified butter, dehydrated butter, dipotassium phosphate, disodium inosinae and disodium guanylate, artificial colors, partially hydrogenated soybean and cottonseed oils, lactic acid, caramel color, mono - and diglycerides, spice, disodium phosphate, datem, calcium lactate, natural and artificial flavors, thiamine hydrochloride, guar gum, dextrose, preservatives (citric acid, propyl gallate, bha,bht, tocopherols), silicon dioxide), yellow onion, carrots, celery, portabella mushrooms, half & half creamer (milk, cream), sherry cooking wine (sherry wine, salt, potassium metabisulfite (preservative)), olive oil, garlic in oil (garlic, water, soy oil, phosphoric acid, sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate added as preservatives), salt, thyme) pie shell (enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), pie shortening (palm oil, soybean oil), water, corn syrup, contains 2% or less of each of the following: sugar, salt, calcium proplonate, artificial color (dextrose, yellow 5 and 6)), pie top (enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), pie shortening (palm oil, soybean oil), water, corn syrup, contains 2% or less of each of the following: nonfat milk, salt, calcium propionate), liquid egg (whole liquid eggs, citric acid).
Data Sources
Data as of 2025. Source: OpenFoodFacts, FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine.
Product data from OpenFoodFacts (ODbL). Ingredient safety ratings from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine. See our methodology for details.
This information is for reference only and does not constitute dietary or medical advice.
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